Meccan·Surah 56

الواقعة

Surah Al-Waqi'ah — Ayah 87

The Inevitable

96 Ayahs·Verse 56:87
56:87

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

Context in Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Nearby ayahs help place verse 56:87 in sequence and meaning.

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah,

فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ

Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.