Translation for 36:67

وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمۡ فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مُضِيّٗا وَلَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٦٧
And had We willed, We could have transfigured them on the spot,1 so they could neither progress forward nor turn back.

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 Meaning, We have the ability to turn them into stone or any other inanimate object.