67وَلَو نَشاءُ لَمَسَخناهُم عَلىٰ مَكانَتِهِم فَمَا استَطاعوا مُضِيًّا وَلا يَرجِعونَ(Saheeh International)And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.1 He (subḥānahu wa ta‘ālā) could have prevented man from taking any action to benefit himself in this world or the Hereafter, yet He did not.