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لَوْ نَشَاۤءُ جَعَلْنٰهُ اُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُوْنَ   ( الواقعة: ٧٠ )

law
لَوْ
If
nashāu
نَشَآءُ
We willed
jaʿalnāhu
جَعَلْنَٰهُ
We (could) make it
ujājan
أُجَاجًا
salty
falawlā
فَلَوْلَا
then why are you not grateful?
tashkurūna
تَشْكُرُونَ
then why are you not grateful?

Law nashaaa'u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaw laa tashkuroon (al-Wāqiʿah 56:70)

Sahih International:

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful? (Al-Waqi'ah [56] : 70)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

If We so will, We can make it bitter in taste. So why do you not offer gratitude?