Quran 56:62 — Al-Waaqia, verse 62
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect?
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You have known the first growth; so why will you not remember?
- Muhammad Asad
- And [since] you are indeed aware of the [miracle of your] coming into being in the first instance - why, then, do you not bethink yourselves [of Us]?
- Sahih International
- And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | عَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumu | you know | علم |
| 3 | ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashata | the creation | نشأ |
| 4 | ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā | the first | أول |
| 5 | فَلَوْلَاfalawlā | so why not | — |
| 6 | تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna | you take heed | ذكر |