Al-Qur'an Surah Hud Verse 118

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Had your Lord willed, He would have made all the people a single community. But, they will continue in their differences,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Had your Lord so willed, He would have certainly made humanity one single community ˹of believers˺, but they will always ˹choose to˺ differ—

Ruwwad Translation Center

If your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind a single community, but they will not cease to differ,

A. J. Arberry

Had thy Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation; but they continue in their differences

Abdul Haleem

If your Lord had pleased, He would have made all people a single community, but they continue to have their differences-

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And had thy Lord Willed, He would surely have made mankind of one community, and they will not cease differing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one people; but they will not cease to dispute.

Abul Ala Maududi

Had your Lord so willed, He would surely have made mankind one community. But as things stand, now they will not cease to differ among themselves and to follow erroneous ways

Ahmed Ali

But if your Lord had pleased He could have made all human beings into one community of belief. But they would still have differed from one another,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And had your Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation – and they will always keep differing.

Ali Quli Qarai

Had your Lord wished, He would have made mankind one community; but they continue to differ,

Ali Ünal

If your Lord had so willed (and withheld from humankind free will), He would have made all humankind one single community (with the same faith, worldview, and life-pattern). But (having free choice) they never cease to differ (and follow diverse paths diverging from the Straight Path),

Amatul Rahman Omar

Had your Lord (enforced) His will He would have certainly made the whole of mankind one community, but (since He did not like to enforce His will upon people) they would not cease to differ.

English Literal

And if your Lord willed/wanted He would have made the people one nation, and they still/continue differing/disagreeing .

Faridul Haque

And had your Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation - and they will always keep differing.

Hamid S. Aziz

In truth your Lord did not destroy the communities unjustly while they were doing right. (Or for a few or minor wrong-doings, or while there were few wrong-doers, or while they had the potentiality to mend).

Hilali & Khan

And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah [nation or community (following one religion only i.e. Islam)], but they will not cease to disagree,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And thy Lord would not destroy the towns unjustly, while their people acted well.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And if your Lord had pleased He would certainly have made people a single nation, and they shall continue to differ.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind one nation, yet they cease not differing,

Muhammad Sarwar

Had your Lord wanted, He would have made all people one united nation. They still have different beliefs

Qaribullah & Darwish

Had your Lord willed, He would have made mankind a single nation. But they continue in their differences

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah, but they will not cease to disagree.

Wahiduddin Khan

If your Lord had wished, He would have made mankind into one community. As it is, they will not cease to dispute, --

Talal Itani

Had your Lord willed, He could have made humanity one community, but they continue to differ.

Tafsir jalalayn

Had your Lord willed, He would have made mankind one community, people of one religion, but they continue to differ, in religion,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah has not made Faith universally accepted

Allah says;

وَلَوْ شَاء رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً

And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah, but they will not cease to disagree.

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 شَأءَ رَبُّكَ لامَنَ 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,

وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ