Quran 36:67 — Yaseen, verse 67
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they could not move forward or backward.
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
walaw nashāu lamasakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim famā is'taṭāʿū muḍiyyan walā yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Did We will, We would have changed them where they were, then they could not go on, nor could they return.
- Muhammad Asad
- And had it been Our will [that they should not be free to choose between right and wrong], We could surely have given them a different nature [and created them as beings rooted] in their places, so that they would not be able to move forward, and could not turn back.]
- Sahih International
- And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | نَشَآءُnashāu | We willed | شيأ |
| 3 | لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْlamasakhnāhum | surely, We (would have) transformed them | مسخ |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | in | — |
| 5 | مَكَانَتِهِمْmakānatihim | their places | كون |
| 6 | فَمَاfamā | then not | — |
| 7 | ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿū | they would have been able | طوع |
| 8 | مُضِيًّۭاmuḍiyyan | to proceed | مضي |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |