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Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 67 (36:67)

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وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Quran 36:67 is ayah 67 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 444 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:67
وَلَوْنَشَآءُلَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْعَلَىٰمَكَانَتِهِمْفَمَاٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟مُضِيًّاوَلَايَرْجِعُونَ٦٧
walaw nashāu lamasakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim famā is'taṭāʿū muḍiyyan walā yarjiʿūna

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.(67)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
  3. لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْlamasakhnāhumsurely, We (would have) transformed them
  4. عَلَىٰʿalāin
  5. مَكَانَتِهِمْmakānatihimtheir places
  6. فَمَاfamāthen not
  7. ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey would have been able
  8. مُضِيًّاmuḍiyyanto proceed
  9. وَلَاwalāand not
  10. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

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