Surah Hud 11:118 — translation and meaning
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ۖ وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
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ۖ
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
شَاءَ
shaa
your Lord (had) willed
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord (had) willed
لَجَعَلَ
laja'ala
surely He (could) have made
النَّاسَ
al-nasa
the mankind
أُمَّةً
ummatan
one community
وَاحِدَةً
wahidatan
one community
وَلَا
wala
but not
يَزَالُونَ
yazaluna
they will cease
مُخْتَلِفِينَ
mukh'talifina
to differ
Transliteration
Wa law shaaa'a Rabbuka laja'alannnaasa ummatanw waa hidatanw wa laa yazaaloona mukhtalifeen
Translation
And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If your Lord, O Messenger, willed to make people one nation on the truth, He would have done so; but He did not will that, so they continue to differ with respect to it because of their following their desires and doing wrong.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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