سورة الواقعة، الآية ٤٥
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ ٤٥
innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
Verse 45 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:45), 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.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Indeed, before they came to the punishment, they were enjoying the luxuries in the world, caring only for their desires.
Indeed, they used to be in luxuries before,
Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury,
Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),
Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.
Surely they were before that (living) in ease and luxury.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
