Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:111

6:111

۞ وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ قُبُلًا مَّا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ

walaw annanā nazzalnā ilayhimu l-malāikata wakallamahumu l-mawtā waḥasharnā ʿalayhim kulla shayin qubulan mā kānū liyu'minū illā an yashāa l-lahu walākinna aktharahum yajhalūna

And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allāh should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

— Saheeh International

Even if We sent the angels down to them, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered all things right in front of them, they still would not believe, unless God so willed, but most of them are ignorant [of this].

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And even if We had sent down unto them angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together all things before their very eyes, they would not have believed, unless Allâh willed, but most of them behave ignorantly.

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

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۞ وَلَوْwalawAnd (even) if
أَنَّنَاannanā[that] We (had)
نَزَّلْنَآnazzalnā[We] sent down
إِلَيْهِمُilayhimuto them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
وَكَلَّمَهُمُwakallamahumuand spoken to them
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
وَحَشَرْنَاwaḥasharnāand We gathered
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimbefore them
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قُبُلًۭاqubulanface to face
مَّاmānot
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟liyu'minūto believe
إِلَّآillāunless
أَنan[that]
يَشَآءَyashāawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
يَجْهَلُونَyajhalūna(are) ignorant