Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And had thy Sustainer so willed, He could surely have made all mankind one single community: but [He willed it otherwise, and so] they continue to hold divergent views
Arthur John Arberry
Had thy Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation; but they continue in their difference
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one people: but they will not cease to dispute
Arabic
وَلَوۡ شَاۤءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰۖ وَلَا یَزَالُونَ مُخۡتَلِفِینَ ١١٨
Transliteration (2021)
walaw shāa rabbuka lajaʿala l-nāsa ummatan wāḥidatan walā yazālūna mukh'talifīn