Qur'an 72:16 Al-Jinn
وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًۭا
And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision
Saheeh International
What it says
The jinn's report is over and the speech turns. Istiqāma is holding a straight line with no drift, and the return named for it is water in quantity, which is the plainest shape wealth takes for people who live off rain. The conditional is contrary to fact.
Word by word
وَأَلَّوِ wa-allawi and if · ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ istaqāmū they kept straight · عَلَى ʿalā on · ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ aṭ-ṭarīqati the way · لَأَسْقَيْنَٰهُم la-asqaynāhum We would water them · مَّآءً māʾan water · غَدَقًا ghadaqan abundant
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