Surah Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 56:3
Read Quran 56:3 from Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 56:3
خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ٣
Abasing (some), exalting (others);
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
- Ayah
- 3 of 96
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 56:3
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:3
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ } أي: خافضة لأناس في أسفل سافلين، رافعة لأناس في أعلى عليين، أو خفضت بصوتها فأسمعت القريب، ورفعت فأسمعت البعيد.