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Quran 15:23

Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 23

Juz 14 · Page 263 · Ruku 219 · Meccan

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

Word by word

وَإِنَّا wa-innā And indeed, We لَنَحْنُ lanaḥnu surely [We] نُحْىِۦ nuḥ'yī We give life وَنُمِيتُ wanumītu and We cause death وَنَحْنُ wanaḥnu and We ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ l-wārithūna (are) the Inheritors

Transliteration

Wa-inna lanahnu nuhyeewanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( وإنا لنحن نحيي ونميت ) إخبار عن قدرته تعالى على بدء الخلق وإعادته ، وأنه هو الذي أحيا الخلق من العدم ، ثم يميتهم ثم يبعثهم كلهم ليوم الجمع .

وأخبر أنه - تعالى - يرث الأرض ومن عليها وإليه يرجعون .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.