Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Ayah 3 (56:3)

ٱلْوَاقِعَة

خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

Quran 56:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Waqi'ah (“The Inevitable”), a Meccan surah of 96 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 534 of the Madani Mushaf.

56:3
خَافِضَةٌرَّافِعَةٌ٣
khāfiḍatun rāfiʿatun

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].(3)

Word by word

  1. خَافِضَةٌkhāfiḍatunBringing down
  2. رَّافِعَةٌrāfiʿatunraising up

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