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لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

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لَوْ

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

لَوْPreposition — conditional

نَشَآءُ

We willed

Verb

Root: شيأ

Grammar (i'rab)

نَشَآءُVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.

جَعَلْنَٰهُ

We (could) make it

Verb

Root: جعل

Grammar (i'rab)

جَعَلْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.

نَٰNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.

هُNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.

أُجَاجًا

salty

Noun

Root: أجج

Grammar (i'rab)

أُجَاجًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative

فَلَوْلَا

then why are you not grateful

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

فَPreposition — resumption، prefix

لَوْلَاPreposition — exhortation

تَشْكُرُونَ

then why are you not grateful

Verb

Root: شكر

Grammar (i'rab)

تَشْكُرُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.

ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.

Translation

Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

Dileseydik onu acılaştırırdık; hala şükretmez misiniz?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Dileseydik onu tuzlu yapardık. O halde şükretseniz ya!

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Dileseydik onu da tuzlu yapardık. Şükretmeniz gerekmez mi?

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

لو نشاء جعلنا هذا الماء شديد الملوحة، لا يُنتفع به في شرب ولا زرع، فهلا تشكرون ربكم على إنزال الماء العذب لنفعكم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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Topics

Gratitude