The Quran

سورة یسٓ

Surah Yâ Sîn 36:67

O Perfect Man! · Verse 67 of 83

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

If We had (so) willed, We could have surely destroyed them where they were, so that they would not be able to move forward nor 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).

Ahmed Ali

And if We pleased We could paralyse them in their tracks, and they would not be able to move forward or turn back.

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Ali Unal

If We had so willed, We could have fixed them in their places (immobilized where they are), unable to go forward or turn back.

Daryabadi

And if We listed, surely We should transform them in their places, so that they would be able neither to go forward nor to return

Faridul Haque

And had We willed, We could have disfigured their faces while they were in their homes, therefore unable to go forward or turn back.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if We pleased, We would transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, or turn back.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if WE had so willed, WE could have transformed them in their places, then they would not be able to move forward or turn back.

Muhammad 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 nature [and created them as beings rooted] in their places, so that they would not be able to move forward, and could not turn back.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (into animals or lifeless objects) in their places. Then they should have been unable to go forward (move about) nor they could have turned back.

Muhammad Pickthall

And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.

Muhammad Sarwar

We could have turned them into other creatures on the spot had We wanted and they would not have been able to precede or turn back.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if We please We would surely transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, nor will they return.

Rashad Khalifa

If we will, we can freeze them in place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back.

Shabbir Ahmed

And if it had been Our will, We could have transformed them in their places, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.

Commentary 36:67 Masakhna مَسَخْنَ means we could have destroyed and we could have humiliated.

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

36:67 Masakhna مَسَخْنَ means we could have destroyed and we could have humiliated.