Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Quran 56:86

Read Quran 56:86 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 56:86

فَلَوْلَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ٨٦

Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),

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
86 of 96
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
56:86

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:86

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

{ فَلَوْلَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ } أي: فهلا إذا كنتم تزعمون، أنكم غير مبعوثين ولا محاسبين ومجازين.