Surah Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 56:39
Read Quran 56:39 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 56:39
ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ٣٩
A multitude of those of old
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
- 39 of 96
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 56:39
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:39
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 56:39-40 together.
{ ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ } أي: هذا القسم من أصحاب اليمين عدد كثير من الأولين، وعدد كثير من الآخرين.