Quran 36:67

Surah Yaseen, Verse 67

Juz 23 · Page 444 · Ruku 384 · Meccan

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And if نَشَآءُ nashāu We willed لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ lamasakhnāhum surely, We (would have) transformed them عَلَىٰ ʿalā in مَكَانَتِهِمْ makānatihim their places فَمَا famā then not ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ is'taṭāʿū they would have been able مُضِيًّۭا muḍiyyan to proceed وَلَا walā and not يَرْجِعُونَ yarjiʿūna return

Transliteration

Walaw nashao lamasakhnahumAAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyanwala yarjiAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move about, nor could they have returned (after error).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( ولو نشاء لمسخناهم على مكانتهم ) قال العوفي عن ابن عباس : أهلكناهم .

وقال السدي : يعني : لغيرنا خلقهم .

وقال أبو صالح : لجعلناهم حجارة .

وقال الحسن البصري ، وقتادة : لأقعدهم على أرجلهم .

ولهذا قال تعالى : ( فما استطاعوا مضيا ) أي : إلى أمام ، ( ولا يرجعون ) أي : إلى وراء ، بل يلزمون حالا واحدا ، لا يتقدمون ولا يتأخرون .