Quran 16:9 — An-Nahl, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God points out the right path, for some paths lead the wrong way: if He wished, He could guide you all.
وَعَلَى اللَّهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَائِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
waʿalā l-lahi qaṣdu l-sabīli wamin'hā jāirun walaw shāa lahadākum ajmaʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God's it is to show the way; and some do swerve from it. If He willed, He would have guided you all together.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [because He is your Creator,] it rests with God alone to show you the right path: yet there is [many a one] who swerves from it. However, had He so willed, He would have guided you all aright.
- Sahih International
- And upon Allāh is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَعَلَىwaʿalā | And upon | — |
| 2 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 3 | قَصْدُqaṣdu | (is) the direction | قصد |
| 4 | ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli | (of) the way | سبل |
| 5 | وَمِنْهَاwamin'hā | and among them | — |
| 6 | جَآئِرٌۭ ۚjāirun | (are) crooked | جور |
| 7 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 8 | شَآءَshāa | He willed | شيأ |
| 9 | لَهَدَىٰكُمْlahadākum | surely He would have guided you | هدي |
| 10 | أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna | all | جمع |