Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 118th verse of chapter 11 (sūrat hūd). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (11) sūrat hūd (Hud)

Sahih International: And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ.

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

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

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

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

Mohsin 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,-

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

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See Also

• Verse (11:118) Morphology - description of each Arabic word