Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:66

36:66

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ

walaw nashāu laṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim fa-is'tabaqū l-ṣirāṭa fa-annā yub'ṣirūna

And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?

— Saheeh International

If it had been Our will, We could have taken away their sight. They would have struggled to find the way, but how could they have seen it?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if it had been Our Will, We would surely have wiped out (blinded) their eyes, so that they would struggle for the Path, how then would they see?

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

Juz 23Page 444meccan

Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
لَطَمَسْنَاlaṭamasnāWe (would have) surely obliterated
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[over]
أَعْيُنِهِمْaʿyunihimtheir eyes
فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟fa-is'tabaqūthen they (would) race
ٱلصِّرَٰطَl-ṣirāṭa(to find) the path
فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāthen how
يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna(could) they see