وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّۭا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Translation
Sahih International
And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَلَوْ
And if
نَشَآءُ
We willed
لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ
surely, We (would have) transformed them
عَلَىٰ
in
مَكَانَتِهِمْ
their places
فَمَا
then not
ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟
they would have been able
مُضِيًّۭا
to proceed
وَلَا
and not
يَرْجِعُونَ
return
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