Surah Ya-Sin 36:67 — translation and meaning
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وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Word by Word
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
نَشَاءُ
nashau
We willed
لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ
lamasakhnahum
surely We (would have) transformed them
عَلَى
ala
in
مَكَانَتِهِمْ
makanatihim
their places
فَمَا
fama
then not
اسْتَطَاعُوا
is'tata'u
they would have been able
مُضِيًّا
mudiyyan
to proceed
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarji'una
return
Transliteration
Wa law nashaaa'u lamasakhnaahum 'alaa makaanatihim famas-tataa'oo mudiyyanw-wa laa yarji'oon
Translation
And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If I had willed to alter their form and make them sit on their feet I would have altered their form and made them sit on their feet, and they will not be able to move from their place nor will they be able to move forward nor backward.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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