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Quran 43:33

Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 33

Juz 25 · Page 491 · Ruku 426 · Meccan

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ

Word by word

وَلَوْلَآ walawlā And if not أَن an that يَكُونَ yakūna (would) become ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu [the] mankind أُمَّةًۭ ummatan a community وَٰحِدَةًۭ wāḥidatan one لَّجَعَلْنَا lajaʿalnā We (would have) made لِمَن liman for (one) who يَكْفُرُ yakfuru disbelieves بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ bil-raḥmāni in the Most Gracious لِبُيُوتِهِمْ libuyūtihim for their houses سُقُفًۭا suqufan roofs مِّن min of فِضَّةٍۢ fiḍḍatin silver وَمَعَارِجَ wamaʿārija and stairways عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā upon which يَظْهَرُونَ yaẓharūna they mount

Transliteration

Walawla an yakoona annasuommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru birrahmanilibuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarijaAAalayha yathharoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And were it not that mankind would have become one community, We might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to mount,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way of life, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against (Allah) Most Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways on which to go up,

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى : ( ولولا أن يكون الناس أمة واحدة ) أي : لولا أن يعتقد كثير من الناس الجهلة أن إعطاءنا المال دليل على محبتنا لمن أعطيناه ، فيجتمعوا على الكفر لأجل المال - هذا معنى قول ابن عباس ، والحسن ، وقتادة ، والسدي ، وغيرهم - ( لجعلنا لمن يكفر بالرحمن لبيوتهم سقفا من فضة ومعارج عليها يظهرون ) أي سلالم ودرجا من فضة - قاله ابن عباس ، ومجاهد ، وقتادة ، والسدي : وابن زيد ، وغيرهم - ( عليها يظهرون ) ، أي : يصعدون .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.