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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 65

سورة الواقعة، الآية ٦٥

56:65 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 536 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 56:65

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ۝٦٥

Transliteration

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

Translation

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,1615

Notes

[1615] At what had happened or remain in a state of shock. Another meaning is "in regret."

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Verse 65 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:65), 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 65

Al-Mukhtasar

If I wish to ruin that crop, I can do so after bringing it close to ripening and harvest. You would then be left shocked at what affected it.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Waqi’ah

Other translations of verse 65

If We willed, We could reduce your harvest to rubble, leaving you to wonder and lament,

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in wonderment) [Tafsir Ibn Kathîr].

If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,

If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into pieces, then would you begin tb lament:

If We had (so) decided We would indeed have made it crushed to pieces; then you would linger on (bitterly) exclaiming,

Verse 65 word by word

  1. لَوْ law If
  2. نَشَآءُ nashāu We willed ش ي أ
  3. لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ lajaʿalnāhu We (would) surely, make it ج ع ل
  4. حُطَٰمًا ḥuṭāman debris ح ط م
  5. فَظَلْتُمْ faẓaltum then you would remain ظ ل ل
  6. تَفَكَّهُونَ tafakkahūna wondering ف ك ه

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