Quran 16:93 — An-Nahl, verse 93
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If God so willed, He would have made you all one people, but He leaves to stray whoever He will and guides whoever He will. You will be questioned about your deeds.
وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِنْ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
walaw shāa l-lahu lajaʿalakum ummatan wāḥidatan walākin yuḍillu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu walatus'alunna ʿammā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If God had willed, He would have made you one nation; but He leads astray whom He will, and guides whom He will; and you will surely be questioned about the things you wrought.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, had God so willed, He could surely have made you all one single community; however, He lets go astray him that wills [to go astray], and guides aright him that wills [to be guided]; and you will surely be called to account for all that you ever did!
- Sahih International
- And if Allāh had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | شَآءَshāa | Allah (had) willed | شيأ |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah (had) willed | أله |
| 4 | لَجَعَلَكُمْlajaʿalakum | surely He (could) have made you | جعل |
| 5 | أُمَّةًۭummatan | a nation | أمم |
| 6 | وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatan | one | وحد |
| 7 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 8 | يُضِلُّyuḍillu | He lets go astray | ضلل |
| 9 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 10 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 11 | وَيَهْدِىwayahdī | and guides | هدي |
| 12 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 13 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 14 | وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّwalatus'alunna | And surely you will be questioned | سأل |
| 15 | عَمَّاʿammā | about what | — |
| 16 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used (to) | كون |
| 17 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |