Surah Az-Zumar, ayah 42
ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَٱلَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ ٱلَّتِى قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Allāh takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
Az-Zumar · 39:42
Word by word
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- يَتَوَفَّىyatawaffātakes
- ٱلْأَنفُسَl-anfusathe souls
- حِينَḥīna(at the) time
- مَوْتِهَاmawtihā(of) their death
- وَٱلَّتِىwa-allatīand the one who
- لَمْlam(does) not
- تَمُتْtamutdie
- فِىfīin
- مَنَامِهَا ۖmanāmihātheir sleep
- فَيُمْسِكُfayum'sikuThen He keeps
- ٱلَّتِىallatīthe one whom
- قَضَىٰqaḍāHe has decreed
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāfor them
- ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
- وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand sends
- ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓl-ukh'rāthe others
- إِلَىٰٓilāfor
- أَجَلٍۢajalina term
- مُّسَمًّى ۚmusammanspecified
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) signs
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho ponder
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