Text of verse 56:23
كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ ٢٣
Transliteration
ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūni
Translation
The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 23
سورة الواقعة، الآية ٢٣
Verse 23 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:23), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 535 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 23
Al-Mukhtasar
Like pearls protected within their shells.
Other translations of verse 23
like pristine pearls,
Like unto preserved pearls.
Like unto hidden pearls,
Like unto Pearls well-guarded.
The like of the hidden pearls:
As the likeness of nestled pearls.
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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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As-Saffat 37:49
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.