Quran 28:61 — Al-Qasas, verse 61
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Can the person who will see the fulfilment of the good promise We gave him be compared to someone We have given some enjoyments for this worldly life but who, on the Day of Resurrection, will be summoned?
أَفَمَنْ وَعَدْنَاهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَاقِيهِ كَمَنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُ مَتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ
afaman waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fahuwa lāqīhi kaman mattaʿnāhu matāʿa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma huwa yawma l-qiyāmati mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Will you not understand? What, is he to whom We have promised a fair promise, and he receives it, like him to whom We have given the enjoyment of the present life, then he on the Resurrection Day shall be of those that are arraigned?
- Muhammad Asad
- Is, then, he to whom We have given that goodly promise which he shall see fulfilled [on his resurrection] comparable to one on whom We have bestowed [all] the enjoyments of this worldly life but who, on Resurrection Day, will find himself among those that shall be arraigned [before Us]?
- Sahih International
- Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَمَنafaman | Then is (he) whom | — |
| 2 | وَعَدْنَـٰهُwaʿadnāhu | We have promised him | وعد |
| 3 | وَعْدًاwaʿdan | a promise | وعد |
| 4 | حَسَنًۭاḥasanan | good | حسن |
| 5 | فَهُوَfahuwa | and he | — |
| 6 | لَـٰقِيهِlāqīhi | (will) meet it | لقي |
| 7 | كَمَنkaman | like (the one) whom | — |
| 8 | مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُmattaʿnāhu | We provided him | متع |
| 9 | مَتَـٰعَmatāʿa | enjoyment | متع |
| 10 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of the) life | حيي |
| 11 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 12 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 13 | هُوَhuwa | he | — |
| 14 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 15 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 16 | مِنَmina | (will be) among | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَl-muḥ'ḍarīna | those presented | حضر |