The Thunder 13:31

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Arabic English Morphology
وَلَوْ walaw
And if Prep
أَنَّ anna
that was Prep
any Quran Noun
could be moved V
بِهِ bihi
by it Noun
the mountains Noun
or Prep
قُطِّعَتْ quṭṭiʿat
could be cloven asunder V
بِهِ bihi
by it Noun
the earth Noun
or Prep
كُلِّمَ kullima
could be made to speak V
بِهِ bihi
by it Noun
the dead Noun
بَل bal
Nay Prep
with Allah Noun
(is) the command Noun
جَمِيعًا jamīʿan
all Noun
Then do not Prep
know V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
believe V
أَن an
that Prep
if Prep
had willed V
Allah Noun
لَهَدَى lahadā
surely, He would have guided V
all Noun
جَمِيعًا jamīʿan
all of the mankind Noun
وَلَا walā
And not Prep
يَزَالُ yazālu
will cease V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
disbelieve V
تُصِيبُهُم tuṣībuhum
to strike them V
بِمَا bimā
for what Noun
صَنَعُوا۟ ṣanaʿū
they did V
قَارِعَةٌ qāriʿatun
a disaster Noun
or Prep
تَحُلُّ taḥullu
it settles V
قَرِيبًا qarīban
close Noun
مِّن min
from Prep
their homes Noun
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā
until Prep
comes V
وَعْدُ waʿdu
(the) promise Noun
(of) Allah Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
Allah Noun
لَا
(will) not Prep
يُخْلِفُ yukh'lifu
fail V
(in) the Promise Noun

If there were ever to be a Quran with which mountains could be moved, the earth shattered, or the dead made to speak [it would have been this one], but everything is truly in God’s hands. Do the believers not realize that if God had so willed, He could have guided all mankind? As for the disbelievers, because of their misdeeds, disaster will not cease to afflict them or fall close to their homes until God’s promise is fulfilled: God never fails to keep His promise

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَوۡ أَنَّ قُرۡءَانࣰا سُیِّرَتۡ بِهِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ أَوۡ قُطِّعَتۡ بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَوۡ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۗ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ جَمِیعًاۗ أَفَلَمۡ یَا۟یۡءَسِ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ أَن لَّوۡ یَشَاۤءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِیعࣰاۗ وَلَا یَزَالُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ تُصِیبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا۟ قَارِعَةٌ أَوۡ تَحُلُّ قَرِیبࣰا مِّن دَارِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ یَأۡتِیَ وَعۡدُ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا یُخۡلِفُ ٱلۡمِیعَادَ ۝٣١

walaw anna qur'ānan suyyirat bihi l-jibālu aw quṭṭiʿat bihi l-arḍu aw kullima bihi l-mawtā bal lillahi l-amru jamīʿan afalam yāy'asi alladhīna āmanū an law yashāu l-lahu lahadā l-nāsa jamīʿan walā yazālu alladhīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bimā ṣanaʿū qāriʿatun aw taḥullu qarīban min dārihim ḥattā yatiya waʿdu l-lahi inna l-laha lā yukh'lifu l-mīʿād