And if We will, We can cripple them in their place; so they can neither move forward, nor go back.
Ya-Seen 36:67
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وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
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And if We will, We can cripple them in their place; so they can neither move forward, nor go back.
And if We wanted, We could change them right where they stand, so they couldn't move forward or go back.
And if We wanted, We could have changed their form right where they stood, so they couldn't move forward or go back.
If We willed, We could have paralyzed them in their place, and they could neither move forward nor turn back.
And had We willed, We would have transformed them in their place. Then they could neither advance, nor go back.
And had We willed, We would have transformed them in their place. Then they could neither advance, nor go back.
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.
And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (into animals or lifeless objects) in their places. Then they would have been unable to go forward (move about) nor they could have turned back.
And if We willed, We could have paralyzed them in their places, so they could neither move forward nor backward.
And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move about, nor could they have returned (after error).
And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they would not be able to go forward or turn back.
If We so willed, We would have transformed them where they were so that they would not go forward or backward.
And had We wished We would have deformed them in their place; then they would neither have been able to move ahead nor to return.
Walaw nashao lamasakhnahum AAala makanatihim fama istataAAoo mudiyyan wala yarjiAAoona