Quran 56:70 — Al-Waaqia, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful?
لَوْ نَشَاءُ جَعَلْنَاهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Did We will, We would make it bitter; so why are you not thankful?
- Muhammad Asad
- [It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]?
- Sahih International
- If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 2 | نَشَآءُnashāu | We willed | شيأ |
| 3 | جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhu | We (could) make it | جعل |
| 4 | أُجَاجًۭاujājan | salty | أجج |
| 5 | فَلَوْلَاfalawlā | then why are you not grateful | — |
| 6 | تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna | then why are you not grateful | شكر |