Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:67

36:67

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

walaw nashāu lamasakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim famā is'taṭāʿū muḍiyyan walā yarjiʿūna

And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.

— Saheeh International

If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they could not move forward or backward.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (into animals or lifeless objects) in their places. Then they would have been unable to go forward (move about) nor they could have turned back.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْlamasakhnāhumsurely, We (would have) transformed them
عَلَىٰʿalāin
مَكَانَتِهِمْmakānatihimtheir places
فَمَاfamāthen not
ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey would have been able
مُضِيًّۭاmuḍiyyanto proceed
وَلَاwalāand not
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn