Surah An-Nahl, ayah 38
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths [that] Allāh will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.
An-Nahl · 16:38
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- وَأَقْسَمُوا۟wa-aqsamūAnd they swear
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
- جَهْدَjahdastrongest
- أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۙaymānihim(of) their oaths
- لَاlāAllah will not resurrect
- يَبْعَثُyabʿathuAllah will not resurrect
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will not resurrect
- مَنman(one) who
- يَمُوتُ ۚyamūtudies
- بَلَىٰbalāNay
- وَعْدًاwaʿdan(it is) a promise
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon Him
- حَقًّۭاḥaqqan(in) truth
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the mankind
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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