But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the (23:71)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

Indeed, if the truth were to accord with their desires, the heavens and the earth and all created beings, the animate and the inanimate therein would have gone to the bad and broken into corruption and fallen into disorder. But We have sent them the spirit of truth guiding into all truth and refers them directly to Allah. Yet they evade the troth. They are averse to admitting the truth and they shy off all that puts them in mind of the duties owed to Allah

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(23:71) -And had the Truth followed their lusts, the whole system of the heavens and the earth, and of all who dwell in them, would have been disrupted. *68 -Nay, We have brought them admonition for their own good, but they are turning away from it. *69

But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the meaning

*68) This brief sentence expresses a great reality which should be understood well. The foolish people in the world generally feel offended by a person who points out the Truth to them. They do not like to hear and consider the Truth because it goes against their desires and interests but the Truth remains the Truth and cannot be changed after one's personal whims and wishes. Man is subject to the eternal and unalterable laws operating in the universe and has therefore to adjust his thinking, desires and conduct accordingly and should try to discover the Truth and Reality through experience, reasoning and observation. Only a foolish person can stick to and regard his personal whims, wishes and projudices to be the reality and refuse to hear and consider any argument, however rational and scientific, simply because it goes against them.
*69) Here the word zikr means:
(1) Mention of human nature and its demands, (2) admonition, (3) esteem, honour and fame.
In the light of these, the full meaning of the verse will be: "Your rejection of the Qur'an is irrational, for it contains the mention of those things which develop the best in human nature: it is an admonition that will result in your own good and well-being, and it will bring esteem and honour for you in this world as well as in the Hereafter."
 

But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the meaning in Urdu

اور حق اگر کہیں اِن کی خواہشات کے پیچھے چلتا تو زمین اور آسمان اور ان کی ساری آبادی کا نظام درہم برہم ہو جاتا نہیں، بلکہ ہم ان کا اپنا ہی ذکر اُن کے پاس لائے ہیں اور وہ اپنے ذکر سے منہ موڑ رہے ہیں