وَلَوۡ
شَآءَ
رَبُّكَ
لَجَعَلَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
أُمَّةٗ
وَٰحِدَةٗۖ
وَلَا
يَزَالُونَ
مُخۡتَلِفِينَ
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Und hätte dein Herr es gewollt, so hätte Er die Menschen alle zu einer einzigen Gemeinde gemacht; doch sie wollten nicht davon ablassen, uneins zu sein.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah has not made Faith universally accepted
Allah, the Exalted, informs that He is able to make all of mankind one nation upon belief, or disbelief. This is just as He said,
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا
(And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed,
…Allah has not made Faith universally accepted
Allah, the Exalted, informs that He is able to make all of mankind one nation upon belief, or disbelief.
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