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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 72

سورة الواقعة، الآية ٧٢

56:72 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 536 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 56:72

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ ۝٧٢

Transliteration

a-antum anshatum shajaratahā am naḥnu l-munshiūna

Translation

Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?

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Verse 72 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:72), 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 72

Al-Mukhtasar

Are you the ones who make the trees you ignite it with, grow, or am I the one who causes it to grow, being kind to you?

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Other translations of verse 72

Is it you who produced its trees⁸, or is it We Who produced it?

Notes

[8] Referring to Arabian trees, markh and ‘afār, which produce fire when their green branches are rubbed against each other.

Is it you who made the tree thereof to grow, or are We the Grower?

Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?

Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?

Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers?

Is it you who brought its tree into being, or are We, Ever We, The Bringers into being?

Verse 72 word by word

ءَأَنتُمْ a-antum Is it you
أَنشَأْتُمْ anshatum who produced ن ش أ
شَجَرَتَهَآ shajaratahā its tree ش ج ر
أَمْ am or
نَحْنُ naḥnu We
ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ l-munshiūna (are) the Producers ن ش أ

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