Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:118

11:118

وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ

walaw shāa rabbuka lajaʿala l-nāsa ummatan wāḥidatan walā yazālūna mukh'talifīna

And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,

— Saheeh International

If your Lord had pleased, He would have made all people a single community, but they continue to have their differences-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah [nation or community (following one religion i.e. Islâm)] but they will not cease to disagree.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāayour Lord (had) willed
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord (had) willed
لَجَعَلَlajaʿalasurely He (could) have made
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
أُمَّةًۭummatanone community
وَٰحِدَةًۭۖwāḥidatanone community
وَلَاwalābut not
يَزَالُونَyazālūnathey will cease
مُخْتَلِفِينَmukh'talifīnato differ