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Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 34

سورة القيامة، الآية ٣٤

75:34 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 578 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 75:34

أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ ۝٣٤

Transliteration

awlā laka fa-awlā

Translation

Woe to you, and woe!

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Verse 34 of Surah Al-Qiyamah (75:34), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 578 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 34

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah thus warned the disbeliever that His punishment has come close to him.

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Other translations of verse 34

Woe to you, and woe!

Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

(It is) more appropriate to you, then more appropriate! (i.e., punishment).

Verse 34 word by word

  1. أَوْلَىٰ awlā Woe و ل ي
  2. لَكَ laka to you
  3. فَأَوْلَىٰ fa-awlā and woe و ل ي

Verses related to verse 34

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ad-Dukhan 44:49

    ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

    [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

  • Al-Mursalat 77:46

    كُلُوا۟ وَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجْرِمُونَ

    [O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.

  • Az-Zumar 39:15

    فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."

  • Fussilat 41:40

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَآ أَفَمَن يُلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلنَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِىٓ ءَامِنًا يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُمْ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

Verses with similar wording

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  • Al-Qiyamah 75:35

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

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