The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
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وَلَوْلَا
أَن
يَكُونَ
النَّاسُ
أُمَّةً
وَاحِدَةً
لَّجَعَلْنَا
لِمَن
يَكْفُرُ
بِالرَّحْمَنِ
لِبُيُوتِهِمْ
سُقُفًا
مِّن
فِضَّةٍ
وَمَعَارِجَ
عَلَيْهَا
يَظْهَرُونَ
wa-law-lā ʾan yakūna n-nāsu ʾummatan wāḥidatan la-jaʿalnā li-man yakfuru bi-r-raḥmāni li-buyūtihim suqufan min fiḍḍatin wa-maʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūna
Were it not [for the danger] that mankind would be one community, We would have made for those who defy the All-beneficent, silver roofs for their houses and [silver] stairways by which they ascend,
— Ali Quli Qarai
And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way of life, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against (Allah) Most Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways on which to go up,
