سُوْرَةُ الْوَاقِعَةِ

Surah Al-Waaqia (56) — Ayah 87

The Inevitable · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 537

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿87﴾
Bring back the soul (to its body), if you are truthful?
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ tarjiʿūnahā Bring it back
إِن in if
كُنتُمْ kuntum you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna truthful

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87-1. That is, if you are truthful in your claim that you have no Lord and Master to whom you are subordinate and under authority, or that there will be no Day of Recompense, then return this seized soul to its place and show us. And if you cannot do so, it means your assumption is false. Surely, you have a Lord, and surely a day will come in which that Lord will recompense everyone for their deeds.

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87. Then why do you not return the soul, if you are truthful [41]?

[41] At the end of the Surah, as a reminder, the final outcome of those three groups is briefly mentioned, whose detailed description has already passed at the beginning. That is, ﴿مُقَّرَبِيْنَ﴾ ﴿أصْحَابُ الْيَمِيْنِ﴾ and ﴿أصْحَاب الشِّمَالِ﴾.