وَلَوْلَٓاwalawlāAnd if notاَنْanthatيَكُونَyakūna(would) becomeالنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] mankindاُمَّةًummatana communityوَاحِدَةًwāḥidatanoneلَجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāWe (would have) madeلِمَنْlimanfor (one) whoيَكْفُرُyakfurudisbelievesبِالرَّحْمٰنِbil-raḥmāniin the Most Graciousلِبُيُوتِهِمْlibuyūtihimfor their housesسُقُفاًsuqufanroofsمِنْminofفِضَّةٍfiḍḍatinsilverوَمَعَارِجَwamaʿārijaand stairwaysعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon whichيَظْهَرُونَۙyaẓharūnathey mountIf it were not that all the people would become one cluster, We would have provided for those who reject the Gracious silver roofs for their homes, and stairs upon which they could ascend.