Surah Hud — Verse 118

Hud · 11:118 · 118/123

وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ

Walaw shaa rabbuka lajaAAala annasaommatan wahidatan wala yazaloonamukhtalifeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

If your Lord had pleased, He would have made all people a single community, but they continue to have their differences-

Marmaduke Pickthall

And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind one nation, yet they cease not differing,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one people: but they will not cease to dispute.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Had your Lord willed, He would have made all the people a single community. But, they will continue in their differences,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah [nation or community (following one religion i.e. Islâm)] but they will not cease to disagree.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Had your Lord so willed, He would surely have made mankind one community. But as things stand, now they will not cease to differ among themselves and to follow erroneous ways

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And had thy Sustainer so willed, He could surely have made all mankind one single community: but [He willed it otherwise, and so] they continue to hold divergent views'

Rowwad · source edition

If your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind a single community, but they will not cease to differ[60],

Notes

[60] They will ever be followers of different religions, ways of life and opinions.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

118. And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah [nation or community (following one religion i.e. Islâm)] but they will not cease to disagree.