Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Ayah 5 (56:5)

ٱلْوَاقِعَة

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

Quran 56:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Waqi'ah (“The Inevitable”), a Meccan surah of 96 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 534 of the Madani Mushaf.

56:5
وَبُسَّتِٱلْجِبَالُبَسًّا٥
wabussati l-jibālu bassan

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling(5)

Word by word

  1. وَبُسَّتِwabussatiAnd will be crumbled
  2. ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
  3. بَسًّاbassan(with awful) crumbling

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