Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:61

28:61

أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَـٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُ مَتَـٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

afaman waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fahuwa lāqīhi kaman mattaʿnāhu matāʿa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma huwa yawma l-qiyāmati mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna

Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?

— Saheeh International

Can the person who will see the fulfilment of the good promise We gave him be compared to someone We have given some enjoyments for this worldly life but who, on the Day of Resurrection, will be summoned?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is he whom We have promised an excellent promise (Paradise) - which he will find true - like him whom We have made to enjoy the luxuries of the life of (this) world, then on the Day of Resurrection, he will be among those brought up (to be punished in the Hell-fire)?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أَفَمَنafamanThen is (he) whom
وَعَدْنَـٰهُwaʿadnāhuWe have promised him
وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
حَسَنًۭاḥasanangood
فَهُوَfahuwaand he
لَـٰقِيهِlāqīhi(will) meet it
كَمَنkamanlike (the one) whom
مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُmattaʿnāhuWe provided him
مَتَـٰعَmatāʿaenjoyment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of the) life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
ثُمَّthummathen
هُوَhuwahe
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
مِنَmina(will be) among
ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَl-muḥ'ḍarīnathose presented