Sura 23 Al-Mu'minun (The Believers), ayah 71
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وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الْحَقُّ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ ۚ بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ
Translation by words
- وَلَوِ
- But if
- ٱتَّبَعَ
- (had) followed
- ٱلْحَقُّ
- the truth
- أَهْوَآءَهُمْ
- their desires,
- لَفَسَدَتِ
- surely (would) have been corrupted
- ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ
- the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضُ
- and the earth
- وَمَن
- and whoever
- فِيهِنَّ
- (is) therein.
- بَلْ
- Nay,
- أَتَيْنَٰهُم
- We have brought them
- بِذِكْرِهِمْ
- their reminder,
- فَهُمْ
- but they,
- عَن
- from
- ذِكْرِهِم
- their reminder,
- مُّعْرِضُونَ
- (are) turning away.
But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.
23:71
Translation: Saheeh International