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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 57

سورة الواقعة، الآية ٥٧

56:57 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 536 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 56:57

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ۝٥٧

Transliteration

naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūna

Translation

We have created you, so why do you not believe?

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Verse 57 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:57), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 536 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 57

Al-Mukhtasar

O rejectors! I created you from non-existence, so why do you not believe I will resurrect you after you have died?

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Waqi’ah

Other translations of verse 57

It is We Who created you; why do you not then believe [in resurrection]?

We created you: then why do you believe not?

We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?

We have created you, why do you not then assent?

We, Ever We, created you. Would you then sincerely admit (the Truth)?

Verse 57 word by word

  1. نَحْنُ naḥnu We
  2. خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ khalaqnākum [We] created you خ ل ق
  3. فَلَوْلَا falawlā so why (do) not
  4. تُصَدِّقُونَ tuṣaddiqūna you admit the truth ص د ق

Verses related to verse 57

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Kahf 18:107

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging,

  • As-Saffat 37:16

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

  • Ar-Rum 30:27

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • Maryam 19:67

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

  • Ya-Sin 36:77–79

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ …

    Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary? …

  • Al-Qiyamah 75:36–40

    أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى …

    Does man think that he will be left neglected? …

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