Surah Al-Waqi'ah (الواقعة) • The Inevitable

Quran 56:62

56:62

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

— Saheeh International

You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed, you have already known the first form of creation (i.e. the creation of Adam): why then do you not remember (or take heed)?

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

Juz 27Page 536meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
عَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumuyou know
ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashatathe creation
ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first
فَلَوْلَاfalawlāso why not
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed