The Holy Quran 36:67 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Translation

If We wish, We could transfigure (distort) them (turning them into pigs or monkeys) as they stand and they will be unable to go ahead (walk forward) or (not return) backwards (they will then be unable to do anything).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Almighty Allah’s warning to the disbelievers: that is, just as they have shut their eyes to Our verses, if We willed, We could, even in this world, as a punishment, take away their outward sight and make them utterly blind, so that they could not even see the way to go here or there.

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