Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 34
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَ
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
Al-Anbya · 21:34
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
- لِبَشَرٍۢlibasharinfor any man
- مِّنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖl-khul'da[the] immortality
- أَفَإِي۟نafa-inso if
- مِّتَّmittayou die
- فَهُمُfahumuthen (would) they
- ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَl-khālidūnalive forever
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