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Surah As-Sajdah, Ayah 13 (32:13)

ٱلسَّجْدَة

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لََٔاتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَٰكِنْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ مِنِّى لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ …

Quran 32:13 is ayah 13 of Surah As-Sajdah (“The Prostration”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 416 of the Madani Mushaf.

32:13
وَلَوْشِئْنَالََٔاتَيْنَاكُلَّنَفْسٍهُدَىٰهَاوَلَٰكِنْحَقَّٱلْقَوْلُمِنِّىلَأَمْلَأَنَّجَهَنَّمَمِنَٱلْجِنَّةِوَٱلنَّاسِأَجْمَعِينَ١٣
walaw shi'nā laātaynā kulla nafsin hudāhā walākin ḥaqqa l-qawlu minnī la-amla-anna jahannama mina l-jinati wal-nāsi ajmaʿīna

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.(13)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. شِئْنَاshi'nāWe (had) willed
  3. لََٔاتَيْنَاlaātaynāsurely We (would) have given
  4. كُلَّkullaevery
  5. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  6. هُدَىٰهَاhudāhāits guidance
  7. وَلَٰكِنْwalākinbut
  8. حَقَّḥaqqa(is) true
  9. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe Word
  10. مِنِّىminnīfrom Me
  11. لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annathat I will surely fill
  12. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
  13. مِنَminawith
  14. ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinn
  15. وَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the men
  16. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnatogether

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