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An-Nahl 16:93

وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَلَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَلَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

Had Allah willed, He could have easily made you one community ˹of believers˺, but He leaves to stray whoever He wills and guides whoever He wills. And you will certainly be questioned about what you used to do.

Word by word

وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
Vocabulary
شَآءَ
shāa
Allah (had) willed
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah (had) willed
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَجَعَلَكُمۡ
lajaʿalakum
surely He (could) have made you
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
أُمَّةٗ
ummatan
a nation
Vocabulary
Root: امم
وَٰحِدَةٗ
wāḥidatan
one
Vocabulary
Root: وحد
وَلَٰكِن
walākin
but
Vocabulary
يُضِلُّ
yuḍillu
He lets go astray
Vocabulary
Root: ضلل
مَن
man
whom
Vocabulary
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَيَهۡدِي
wayahdī
and guides
Vocabulary
Root: هدي
مَن
man
whom
Vocabulary
يَشَآءُۚ
yashāu
He wills
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَلَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ
walatus'alunna
And surely you will be questioned
Vocabulary
Root: سال
عَمَّا
ʿammā
about what
Vocabulary
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you used (to)
Vocabulary
Root: كون
تَعۡمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
do
Vocabulary
Root: عمل

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.