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Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:8

42:8

وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

walaw shāa l-lahu lajaʿalahum ummatan wāḥidatan walākin yud'khilu man yashāu fī raḥmatihi wal-ẓālimūna mā lahum min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

If God had so pleased, He could have made them a single community, but He admits to His mercy whoever He will; the evildoers will have no one to protect or help them.

And if Allâh had willed, He could have made them one nation, but He admits whom He wills to His Mercy. And the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) will have neither a Walî (protector or guardian) nor a helper.

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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāaAllah willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah willed
لَجَعَلَهُمْlajaʿalahumHe could have made them
أُمَّةًۭummatana community
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يُدْخِلُyud'khilu
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He admits
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
فِىfīin (to)
رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚraḥmatihiHis Mercy
وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَwal-ẓālimūnaAnd the wrongdoers
مَاmānot
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminany
وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرٍnaṣīrinany helper
Surah Ash-Shuraa 42:8 — Quran 42:8 | Ummatey