Surah 36. Ya-Sin, Ayah 67
| وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- law nashaa' la- masakhnaa -hum calaa makaanah -him fa- maa istat.aaco mud.ey(an) wa- laa yarjicon |
| Pickthall | : | And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back. |
| Asad | : | And had it been Our will [that they should not be free to choose between right and wrong], We could surely have given them a different nature35 [and created them as beings rooted] in their places, so that they would not be able to move forward, and could not turn back.36 |
| Malik | : | And had it been Our Will, We could have nailed them to the ground, then neither could they move forward nor retrace their steps. |
| 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). 4013 |
Note - 35Lit., "transformed [or "transmuted"] them".
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Note - 36I.e., if it had been God's will that men should have no
freedom of will or moral choice, He would have endowed
them from the very beginning with a spiritually and
morally stationary nature, entirely rooted in their
instincts ("in their places"), devoid of all urge to
advance, and incapable either of positive development or
of retreat from a wrong course.
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Note - 4013If Allah's Plan had been to grant no limited freedom of
choice or will to men, He could have created them quite
different, or could have transformed them into stationary
creatures, either in physical form as in the case of
trees, or in moral or spiritual qualities, where there
was no possibility either of progress or deterioration.
Man would then have been unable to reach the heights of
grandeur which are now open to him, or, if he goes wrong,
to return through the door of repentance and mercy, and
still pursue his path of ascent. But it was Allah's Plan
to give man all these privileges, and man must shoulder
all the responsibilities that go with them.
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I.e., if it had been God's will that men should have no freedom of will or moral choice, He would have endowed them from the very beginning with a spiritually and morally stationary nature, entirely rooted in their instincts ("in their places"), devoid of all urge to advance, and incapable either of positive development or of retreat from a wrong course. |
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If Allah's Plan had been to grant no limited freedom of choice or will to men, He could have created them quite different, or could have transformed them into stationary creatures, either in physical form as in the case of trees, or in moral or spiritual qualities, where there was no possibility either of progress or deterioration. Man would then have been unable to reach the heights of grandeur which are now open to him, or, if he goes wrong, to return through the door of repentance and mercy, and still pursue his path of ascent. But it was Allah's Plan to give man all these privileges, and man must shoulder all the responsibilities that go with them. |
