وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அல்லாஹ் நாடியிருந்தால், நிச்சயமாக அவர்கள் (யாவரையும்) அவன் ஒரே உம்மத்தாக - சமுதாயமாக ஆக்கியிருப்பான்; எனினும் அவன் தான் நாடியவர்களைத் தன்னுடைய ரஹ்மத்தில் - கிருபையில் - நுழைவிப்பான்; அநியாயக்காரர்களுக்குப் பாதுகாவலர்களோ, உதவிபுரிபவர்களோ இல்லை.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අල්ලාහ් අභිමත කළේ නම් ඔවුන් එක ම සමූහයක් බවට පත් කරන්නට තිබුණි. එහෙත් ඔහු අභිමත කරන අය ඔහුගේ කරුණාව තුළට ඇතුළත් කරනු ඇත. තවද, අපරාධකරුවන්හට කිසිදු ආරක්ෂකයෙකු හෝ උදව්කරුවෙකු හෝ නැත.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اگر اللہ تعالیٰ چاہتا تو ان سب کو ایک ہی امت کا بنا دیتا لیکن وه جسے چاہتا ہے اپنی رحمت میں داخل کرلیتا ہے اور ﻇالموں کا حامی اور مددگار کوئی نہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- もしアッラーが御望みなら，かれらを一つのウンマになされたであろう。だがかれは，御心に適う者を慈悲の中に入らせられる。悪い行いの者には，保護者も援助者もない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 假若真主意欲，他必使他们信奉同一的宗教，但他使他所意欲者入于他的恩惠中；不义的人们，绝无保护者，也无援助者。
Tafsir of 42:8
The Qur'an was revealed to serve as a Warning Allah says, `just as We sent revelation to the Prophets before you,' أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً (thus We have revealed to you a Qur'an in Arabic) meaning, plain, clear, and manifest لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَى (that you may warn the Mother of the Towns), i.e., Makkah, وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا (and all around it,) means, all the lands, east and west. Makkah is called Umm Al-Qura (the Mother of the Towns) because it is nobler than all other lands, as indicated by much evidence that has been discussed elsewhere. Among the most concise and clear proofs of that is the report recorded by Imam Ahmad from `Abdullah bin `Adi bin Al-Hamra' Az-Zuhri, who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, as he was standing in the market place of Makkah; «وَاللهِ إِنَّكِ لَخَيْرُ أَرْضِ اللهِ وَأَحَبُّ أَرْضِ اللهِ إِلَى اللهِ، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي أُخْرِجْتُ مِنْكِ مَا خَرَجْت» (By Allah, you are the best land of Allah, the most beloved land to Allah; were it not for the fact that I was driven out from you, I would never have left you.) This was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah; At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
