Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:9

16:9

وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصْدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَآئِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

waʿalā l-lahi qaṣdu l-sabīli wamin'hā jāirun walaw shāa lahadākum ajmaʿīna

And upon Allāh is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.

— Saheeh International

God points out the right path, for some paths lead the wrong way: if He wished, He could guide you all.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And upon Allâh is the responsibility to explain the Straight Path. But there are ways that turn aside (such as Paganism, Judaism and Christianity). And had He willed, He would have guided you all (mankind).

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

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Word by Word

وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd upon
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
قَصْدُqaṣdu(is) the direction
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli(of) the way
وَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand among them
جَآئِرٌۭۚjāirun(are) crooked
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāaHe willed
لَهَدَىٰكُمْlahadākumsurely He would have guided you
أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall