سُوْرَةُ الْوَاقِعَةِ
Surah Al-Waaqia (56) — Ayah 65
لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ حُطَـٰمًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ﴿65﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in wonderment) [Tafsir Ibn Kathîr].
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَوْ
law
If
نَشَآءُ
nashāu
We willed
لَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ
lajaʿalnāhu
We (would) surely, make it
حُطَـٰمًۭا
ḥuṭāman
debris
فَظَلْتُمْ
faẓaltum
then you would remain
تَفَكَّهُونَ
tafakkahūna
wondering
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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65. If We willed, We could turn it into chaff, then you would keep talking [31] about it.
[31]
Possible Calamities for the Seed:
There are several forms of this as well. For example, the land in which the seed was sown—if Allah causes salinity to develop in it, and the crop that grows is weak and yellow, and does not bear fruit properly, or after the crop has grown, it is attacked by pests, or due to some terrestrial or celestial calamity, such as frost, heavy rain, etc., the growth of the crop is halted and the flourishing fields turn yellow. So, does any one of you have the power to save the crop from these disasters? And if you yourselves have come into existence only by Allah’s mercy, and it is only by Allah’s mercy that you receive food to eat, then what is the meaning of your arrogance and defiance before Him? In such a situation, you are left only making complaints that our seed was wasted, our labor was wasted, and now we have nothing left to eat in the future, so we are ruined. Yet, even then, you do not attain the sense to turn to Allah and consider this a warning from Allah.
[31]
Possible Calamities for the Seed:
There are several forms of this as well. For example, the land in which the seed was sown—if Allah causes salinity to develop in it, and the crop that grows is weak and yellow, and does not bear fruit properly, or after the crop has grown, it is attacked by pests, or due to some terrestrial or celestial calamity, such as frost, heavy rain, etc., the growth of the crop is halted and the flourishing fields turn yellow. So, does any one of you have the power to save the crop from these disasters? And if you yourselves have come into existence only by Allah’s mercy, and it is only by Allah’s mercy that you receive food to eat, then what is the meaning of your arrogance and defiance before Him? In such a situation, you are left only making complaints that our seed was wasted, our labor was wasted, and now we have nothing left to eat in the future, so we are ruined. Yet, even then, you do not attain the sense to turn to Allah and consider this a warning from Allah.
