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

And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāaAllah willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah willed
لَجَعَلَهُمْlajaʿalahumHe could have made them
أُمَّةًۭummatana community
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يُدْخِلُyud'khiluHe admits
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
فِىfīin (to)
رَحْمَتِهِۦۚraḥmatihiHis Mercy
وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَwal-ẓālimūnaAnd the wrongdoers
مَاmānot
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminany
وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرٍnaṣīrinany helper