Surah As-Sajda 32:13 — translation and meaning

السجدة · Verse 13 / 30 · Page 416

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَآتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدَاهَا وَلَكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّي لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

Word by Word

وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
شِئْنَا
shi'na
We (had) willed
لَآتَيْنَا
laatayna
surely We (would) have given
كُلَّ
kulla
every
نَفْسٍ
nafsin
soul
هُدَاهَا
hudaha
its guidance
وَلَكِنْ
walakin
but
حَقَّ
haqqa
(is) true
الْقَوْلُ
al-qawlu
the Word
مِنِّي
minni
from Me
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ
la-amla-anna
that I will surely fill
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
Hell
مِنَ
mina
with
الْجِنَّةِ
al-jinati
the jinn
وَالنَّاسِ
wal-nasi
and the men
أَجْمَعِينَ
ajma'ina
together

Transliteration

Wa law shi'naa la-aatainaa kulla nafsin hudaahaa wa laakin haqqal qawlu minnee la amla'anna jahannama minal jinnati wannaasi ajma'een

Translation

And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And if I wished to give every soul guidance and ability, I would have forced them onto this, but through wisdom and justice it was necessary to pass the decree. that I would definitely fill hell on the Day of Judgment with the disbelievers from the Thaqalan: the jinns and the humans, because of their choosing the path of disbelief and error over the path of belief and steadfastness.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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