Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:93

16:93

وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

walaw shāa l-lahu lajaʿalakum ummatan wāḥidatan walākin yuḍillu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu walatus'alunna ʿammā kuntum taʿmalūna

And if Allāh had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

— Saheeh International

If God so willed, He would have made you all one people, but He leaves to stray whoever He will and guides whoever He will. You will be questioned about your deeds.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And had Allâh willed, He could have made you (all) one nation, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. But you shall certainly be called to account for what you used to do.

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

Juz 14Page 277meccan

Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāaAllah (had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (had) willed
لَجَعَلَكُمْlajaʿalakumsurely He (could) have made you
أُمَّةًۭummatana nation
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يُضِلُّyuḍilluHe lets go astray
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَهْدِىwayahdīand guides
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُۚyashāuHe wills
وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّwalatus'alunnaAnd surely you will be questioned
عَمَّاʿammāabout what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado