وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ,
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- உம் இறைவன் நாடியிருந்தால் மனிதர்கள் அனைவரையும் ஒரே சமுதாயத்தவராக ஆக்கியிருப்பான்; (அவன் அப்படி ஆக்கவில்லை.) எனவே, அவர்கள் எப்போதும் பேதப்பட்டுக் கொண்டே இருப்பார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹගේ පරමාධිපති අභිමත කළේ නම් සියලු ජනයා එක ම සමූහයක් බවට පත් කරන්නට තිබුණි. තවද ඔවුහු භේද ඇති කර ගන්නවුන් ලෙස ම සිටිති.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اگر آپ کا پروردگار چاہتا تو سب لوگوں کو ایک ہی راه پر ایک گروه کر دیتا۔ وه تو برابر اختلاف کرنے والے ہی رہیں گے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- またあなたの主の御心ならば，かれは人びとを一つのウンマになされたであろう。だがかれらは反目しあっている。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 假若你的主意欲，他必使众人变成为－个民族。他们将继续分歧，
Tafsir of 11:118
Allah has not made Faith universally accepted Allah, the Exalted, informs that He is able to make all of mankind one nation upon belief, or disbelief. This is just as He said, وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا (And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed, all of them together.) 10:99 Allah goes on to say, وَلاَ يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَإِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ (but they will not cease to disagree. Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His mercy,) This means that people will always differ in religions, creeds, beliefs, opinions and sects. Concerning Allah's statement, إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ (Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His mercy,) This means that those who have received the mercy of Allah by following the Messengers are excluded from this. They are those who adhere to what they are commanded in the religion by the Messengers of Allah ﷺ. That has always been their characteristic until the coming of the finality of the Prophets and Messengers (Muhammad ﷺ). Those who received Allah's mercy are those who followed him, believed in him and supported him.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
