Surah Ya-Sin — Verse 67
Ya Sin · 36:67 · 67/83
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Walaw nashao lamasakhnahumAAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyanwala yarjiAAoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
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.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they could not move forward or backward.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move about, nor could they have returned (after error).
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And If We so will, We would disfigure them at their places, and they would not be able to move, nor would they return.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (into animals or lifeless objects) in their places. Then they would have been unable to go forward (move about) nor they could have turned back.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
If We so willed, We would have transformed them where they were so that they would not go forward or backward.