Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 57 (37:57)

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وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

Quran 37:57 is ayah 57 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 448 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:57
وَلَوْلَانِعْمَةُرَبِّىلَكُنتُمِنَٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ٥٧
walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīna

If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].(57)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
  2. نِعْمَةُniʿ'matu(for the) Grace
  3. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
  4. لَكُنتُlakuntucertainly, I (would) have been
  5. مِنَminaamong
  6. ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَl-muḥ'ḍarīnathose brought

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