Surah As-Sajdah (السجدة) • The Prostration

Quran 32:13

32:13

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَـَٔاتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَـٰكِنْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ مِنِّى لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

walaw shi'nā laātaynā kulla nafsin hudāhā walākin ḥaqqa l-qawlu minnī la-amla-anna jahannama mina l-jinati wal-nāsi ajmaʿīna

And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

— Saheeh International

‘If it had been Our will, We could certainly have given every soul its true guidance, but My words have come true. “I shall be sure to fill Hell with jinn and men together.”

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if We had willed, surely We would have given every person his guidance, but the Word from Me took effect (about evil-doers), that I will fill Hell with jinn and mankind together.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شِئْنَاshi'nāWe (had) willed
لَـَٔاتَيْنَاlaātaynāsurely We (would) have given
كُلَّkullaevery
نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
هُدَىٰهَاhudāhāits guidance
وَلَـٰكِنْwalākinbut
حَقَّḥaqqa(is) true
ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe Word
مِنِّىminnīfrom Me
لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annathat I will surely fill
جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
مِنَminawith
ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinn
وَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the men
أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnatogether