Quran 56:61 — Al-Waaqia, verse 61
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you.
عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ أَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فِي مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
ʿalā an nubaddila amthālakum wanunshi-akum fī mā lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that We may exchange the likes of you, and make you to grow again in a fashion you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- from changing the nature of your existence and bringing you into being [anew] in a manner [as yet] unknown to you.
- Sahih International
- In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | In | — |
| 2 | أَنan | that | — |
| 3 | نُّبَدِّلَnubaddila | We (will) change | بدل |
| 4 | أَمْثَـٰلَكُمْamthālakum | your likeness[es] | مثل |
| 5 | وَنُنشِئَكُمْwanunshi-akum | and produce you | نشأ |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 9 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you know | علم |