Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 61 (28:61)

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أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُ مَتَٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ …

Quran 28:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 393 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:61
أَفَمَنوَعَدْنَٰهُوَعْدًاحَسَنًافَهُوَلَٰقِيهِكَمَنمَّتَّعْنَٰهُمَتَٰعَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاثُمَّهُوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمِنَٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ٦١
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]?(61)

Word by word

  1. أَفَمَنafamanThen is (he) whom
  2. وَعَدْنَٰهُwaʿadnāhuWe have promised him
  3. وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
  4. حَسَنًاḥasanangood
  5. فَهُوَfahuwaand he
  6. لَٰقِيهِlāqīhi(will) meet it
  7. كَمَنkamanlike (the one) whom
  8. مَّتَّعْنَٰهُmattaʿnāhuWe provided him
  9. مَتَٰعَmatāʿaenjoyment
  10. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of the) life
  11. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  12. ثُمَّthummathen
  13. هُوَhuwahe
  14. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  15. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  16. مِنَmina(will be) among
  17. ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَl-muḥ'ḍarīnathose presented

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