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Al-Waqi'ah 61

Ayah 61 of 96 · Meccan

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An alternative meaning has also been given: "...in that We will replace the likes of you [with others upon the earth] and create you [in the Hereafter] in that which you do not know."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. عَلَىٰٓInʿalā
  2. أَنthatan
  3. نُّبَدِّلَWe (will) changenubaddila
  4. أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡyour likeness[es]amthālakum
  5. وَنُنشِئَكُمۡand produce youwanunshi-akum
  6. فِيinfī
  7. مَاwhatmā
  8. لَاnotlā
  9. تَعۡلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

of changing the form and appearance that you currently hold, and recreating you into a form and appearance that you do not know of.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran