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

Quran 56:70

56:70

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

— Saheeh International

If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If We willed, We verily could make it salt (and undrinkable): why then do you not give thanks (to Allâh)?

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

Juz 27Page 536meccan

Word by Word

لَوْlawIf
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe (could) make it
أُجَاجًۭاujājansalty
فَلَوْلَاfalawlāthen why are you not grateful
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnathen why are you not grateful