Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Ayah 70 (56:70)

ٱلْوَاقِعَة

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Quran 56:70 is ayah 70 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.

56:70
لَوْنَشَآءُجَعَلْنَٰهُأُجَاجًافَلَوْلَاتَشْكُرُونَ٧٠
law nashāu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūna

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?(70)

Word by word

  1. لَوْlawIf
  2. نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
  3. جَعَلْنَٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe (could) make it
  4. أُجَاجًاujājansalty
  5. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāthen why are you not grateful
  6. تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnathen why are you not grateful

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