Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Ayah 62 (56:62)

ٱلْوَاقِعَة

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Quran 56:62 is ayah 62 of Surah Al-Waqi'ah (“The Inevitable”), a Meccan surah of 96 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 536 of the Madani Mushaf.

56:62
وَلَقَدْعَلِمْتُمُٱلنَّشْأَةَٱلْأُولَىٰفَلَوْلَاتَذَكَّرُونَ٦٢
walaqad ʿalim'tumu l-nashata l-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūna

And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?(62)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. عَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumuyou know
  3. ٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashatathe creation
  4. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first
  5. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāso why not
  6. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed

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