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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 49

سورة الواقعة، الآية ٤٩

56:49 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 535 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 56:49

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ۝٤٩

Transliteration

qul inna l-awalīna wal-ākhirīna

Translation

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

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Verse 49 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:49), 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 49

Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger! Say to these deniers of the resurrection: “Indeed, the earlier generations of people and the later ones from them...

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Other translations of verse 49

Say, [O Prophet], “Indeed, the former and later generations

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "(Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times.

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time

Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,

Say: The first and the last,

Say, (This is addressed to the Prophet) "Surely the earliest people and the later.

Verse 49 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna the former أ و ل
  4. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ wal-ākhirīna and the later people أ خ ر

Verses related to verse 49

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:103–105

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ …

    Indeed in that is a sign for those who fear the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed. …

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