| وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
| Asad | : | But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way].11 |
| Malik | : | Yet your wishes are of no avail unless Allah, the Rabb of the worlds, pleases so. |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds. |
| Pickthall | : | And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | But ye shall not will Except as Allah wills The Cherisher of the Worlds. |
| Transliteration | : | Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena |
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I.e., "you can will it only because God has willed to show you the right way by means of the positive instincts which He has implanted in you, as well as through the revelations which He has bestowed on His prophets": implying that the choice of the right way is open to everyone who is willing to avail himself of God's universal guidance. (Cf. a similar passage in {76:29-30}.) |
