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

Quran 56:65

56:65

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

law nashāu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūna

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

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

Juz 27Page 536meccan

Word by Word

لَوْlawIf
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُlajaʿalnāhuWe (would) surely, make it
حُطَـٰمًۭاḥuṭāmandebris
فَظَلْتُمْfaẓaltumthen you would remain
تَفَكَّهُونَtafakkahūnawondering