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Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 66 (36:66)

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وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ

Quran 36:66 is ayah 66 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 444 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:66
وَلَوْنَشَآءُلَطَمَسْنَاعَلَىٰٓأَعْيُنِهِمْفَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ٱلصِّرَٰطَفَأَنَّىٰيُبْصِرُونَ٦٦
walaw nashāu laṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim fa-is'tabaqū l-ṣirāṭa fa-annā yub'ṣirūna

And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?(66)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
  3. لَطَمَسْنَاlaṭamasnāWe (would have) surely obliterated
  4. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[over]
  5. أَعْيُنِهِمْaʿyunihimtheir eyes
  6. فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟fa-is'tabaqūthen they (would) race
  7. ٱلصِّرَٰطَl-ṣirāṭa(to find) the path
  8. فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāthen how
  9. يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna(could) they see

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