The Quran

سورة الواقِعَة

Surah Al-Wâqi‘ah 56:65

The Great Event · Verse 65 of 96

لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَاهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

If We (so) pleased We could reduce it to chaff (before it is ripe and ready to be harvested). And then you would remain lamenting and talking bitterly;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,

Ahmed Ali

We could turn it, if We pleased, into straw; then you would rue the day,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

If We so willed, We would surely make it into chaff, and then you would not cease to exclaim:

Daryabadi

If We willed, surely We would make it chaff, so that ye would be left wondering.

Faridul Haque

If We will We can make it like dry trampled hay, so you would keep crying out.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

If We pleased, We would make it chaff, then would you lament:

Maulvi Sher Ali

If WE so pleased, WE could reduce it all to withered stubble, then you would keep lamenting:

Muhammad Asad

[For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],

Muhammad Musin Khan

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in wonderment).

Muhammad Pickthall

If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:

Muhammad Sarwar

Had We wanted, We could have crushed it to bits and you would have been left to lament,

Muhammed ali Shakir

If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into pieces, then would you begin tb lament:

Rashad Khalifa

If we will, we can turn it into hay. Then you will lament:

Shabbir Ahmed

If We willed, We could turn it into chaff, then you would be left to exclaim,