Surah Al-Waqi'ah — Verse 65

The Inevitable · 56:65 · 65/96

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

Law nashao lajaAAalnahu hutamanfathaltum tafakkahoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,

If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail,

If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,

If We so will, We can certainly make it crumbled, and you will remain wondering,

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in wonderment) [Tafsir Ibn Kathîr].

If We so wished, We could have reduced your harvest to rubble, and you would have been left wonder-struck to exclaim:

[For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],

If We willed, We could reduce your harvest to rubble, leaving you to wonder and lament,

(65) If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,[1615]

Notes

[1615]- At what had happened or remain in a state of shock. Another meaning is "in regret."

65. Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in wonderment) [Tafsir Ibn Kathîr].