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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 66

سورة يس، الآية ٦٦

36:66 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 444 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 36:66

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ ۝٦٦

Transliteration

walaw nashāu laṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim fa-is'tabaqū l-ṣirāṭa fa-annā yub'ṣirūna

Translation

And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?1277

Notes

[1277] Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have left man without means of guidance in the life of this world, although in His mercy He did not.

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Verse 66 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:66), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 444 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 66

Al-Mukhtasar

If I had willed to take away their sight I would have done so and they will not be able to see, just as I sealed their mouths and they were not able to speak. They would have then rushed towards the path to cross over it into Paradise, but it is unlikely that they will cross over when their sight is gone.

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Other translations of verse 66

If We willed, We could have taken away their sight, so they would rush to find their way, but then how could they see?

And if it had been Our Will, We would surely have wiped out (blinded) their eyes, so that they would struggle for the Path, how then would they see?

And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen?

If it had been our Will, We could surely have blotted out their eyes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but how could they have seen?

And if We please We would certainly put out their eyes, then they would run about groping for the way, but how should they see?

And if We had (so) decided, We would indeed have obliterated their eyes. Then they would race with each other to the Path, yet however would they behold (it)?

Verse 66 word by word

  1. وَلَوْ walaw And if
  2. نَشَآءُ nashāu We willed ش ي أ
  3. لَطَمَسْنَا laṭamasnā We (would have) surely obliterated ط م س
  4. عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā [over]
  5. أَعْيُنِهِمْ aʿyunihim their eyes ع ي ن
  6. فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ fa-is'tabaqū then they (would) race س ب ق
  7. ٱلصِّرَٰطَ l-ṣirāṭa (to find) the path ص ر ط
  8. فَأَنَّىٰ fa-annā then how
  9. يُبْصِرُونَ yub'ṣirūna (could) they see ب ص ر

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