We could make it brackish, if We pleased; so why do you not acknowledge thanks?
If We will We can make it bitter, so why do you not give thanks?
Did We will, We would make it bitter; so why are you not thankful?
[It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]?
If We willed, surely We would make it brackish. Wherefore give ye not thanks?
If We willed, We verily could make it salt (and undrinkable), why then do you not give thanks (to Allah)?
If We will, We can make it salty. Will you not be thankful?
If We had so pleased, We could have made it bitter. So why would you not give thanks?
If We willed, We verily could make it salty; why then do you not give thanks
If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?
If We wish We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?
If We will, We would make it bitter, why then do you not give thanks?
If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?
Had We wanted, We could have made it salty. Why then do you not give thanks?
If We pleased, We would have made it salty; why do you not then give thanks?
Law nash<u>a</u>o jaAAaln<u>a</u>hu oj<u>a</u>jan falawl<u>a</u> tashkuroon<b>a</b>
If We so pleased, We certainly could make it salty. Why, then, are you not grateful?
Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
If I wanted to make that water extremely bitter, such that it would be of no use for drinking nor for irrigation, I would have done so. Will you then not be grateful to Me for sending it down as palatable and a mercy for you?
If I wanted to make that water extremely bitter, such that it would be of no use for drinking nor for irrigation, I would have done so. Will you then not be grateful to Me for sending it down as palatable and a mercy for you?