سورة الواقِعَة

Surah Al-Wâqi‘ah 56:45

The Great Event · Verse 45 of 96

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They, of course, lived a life of ease and abundance before this (in the present world).

For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),

They were endowed with good things

12 more translations

Indeed, before that, they were lost in excess of pleasures (without moral scruples);

Verily they have been heretofore affluent.

Indeed they were among favours before this.

Surely they lived before that in ease.

Before this they lived in a life of ease and plenty,

For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures,

Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury,

Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

They had lived in luxury before this

Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.

They used to be rich.

Before this, they were sunk in luxury, exploiting the poor.