Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Ayah 45 (56:45)

ٱلْوَاقِعَة

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

Quran 56:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Al-Waqi'ah (“The Inevitable”), a Meccan surah of 96 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 535 of the Madani Mushaf.

56:45
إِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَبْلَذَٰلِكَمُتْرَفِينَ٤٥
innahum kānū qabla dhālika mut'rafīna

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,(45)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  2. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  3. قَبْلَqablabefore
  4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  5. مُتْرَفِينَmut'rafīnaindulging in affluence

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