Quran 42:8 — Ash-Shura, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If God had so pleased, He could have made them a single community, but He admits to His mercy whoever He will; the evildoers will have no one to protect or help them.
وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِنْ يُدْخِلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَالظَّالِمُونَ مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
walaw shāa l-lahu lajaʿalahum ummatan wāḥidatan walākin yud'khilu man yashāu fī raḥmatihi wal-ẓālimūna mā lahum min waliyyin walā naṣīrin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If God had willed, He would have made them one nation; but He admits whomsoever He will into His mercy, and the evildoers shall have neither protector nor helper.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now had God so willed, He could surely have made them all one single community: none the less, He admits unto His grace him that wills [to be admitted] whereas the evildoers shall have none to protect them and none to succour them [on Judgment Day].
- Sahih International
- And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | شَآءَshāa | Allah willed | شيأ |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah willed | أله |
| 4 | لَجَعَلَهُمْlajaʿalahum | He could have made them | جعل |
| 5 | أُمَّةًۭummatan | a community | أمم |
| 6 | وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatan | one | وحد |
| 7 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 8 | يُدْخِلُyud'khilu | He admits | دخل |
| 9 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 10 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 11 | فِىfī | in (to) | — |
| 12 | رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚraḥmatihi | His Mercy | رحم |
| 13 | وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَwal-ẓālimūna | And the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 14 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 15 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 16 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 17 | وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyin | protector | ولي |
| 18 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 19 | نَصِيرٍnaṣīrin | any helper | نصر |