Quran 25:51 — Al-Furqaan, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If it had been Our will, We would have sent a warner to every town,
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَذِيرًا
walaw shi'nā labaʿathnā fī kulli qaryatin nadhīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If We had willed, We would have raised up in every city a warner.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now had We so willed. We could have [continued as before and] raised up a [separate] warner in every single community:
- Sahih International
- And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | شِئْنَاshi'nā | We willed | شيأ |
| 3 | لَبَعَثْنَاlabaʿathnā | surely, We (would) have raised | بعث |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 6 | قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatin | town | قري |
| 7 | نَّذِيرًۭاnadhīran | a warner | نذر |