Quran 56:65 — Al-Waaqia, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail,
لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَاهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ
law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Did We will, We would make it broken orts, and you would remain bitterly jesting --
- Muhammad Asad
- [For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],
- Sahih International
- If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 2 | نَشَآءُnashāu | We willed | شيأ |
| 3 | لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُlajaʿalnāhu | We (would) surely, make it | جعل |
| 4 | حُطَـٰمًۭاḥuṭāman | debris | حطم |
| 5 | فَظَلْتُمْfaẓaltum | then you would remain | ظلل |
| 6 | تَفَكَّهُونَtafakkahūna | wondering | فكه |