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Quran 16:28

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 28

Juz 14 · Page 270 · Ruku 227 · Meccan

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَأَلْقَوُا۟ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِن سُوٓءٍۭ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Word by word

ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those whom تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ tatawaffāhumu take them in death ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ l-malāikatu the Angels ظَالِمِىٓ ẓālimī (while) wronging أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ anfusihim themselves فَأَلْقَوُا۟ fa-alqawū then they would offer ٱلسَّلَمَ l-salama the submission مَا mā Not كُنَّا kunnā we were نَعْمَلُ naʿmalu doing مِن min any سُوٓءٍۭ ۚ sūin evil بَلَىٰٓ balā Nay إِنَّ inna indeed ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah عَلِيمٌۢ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower بِمَا bimā of what كُنتُمْ kuntum you used (to) تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna do

Transliteration

Allatheena tatawaffahumu almala-ikatuthalimee anfusihim faalqawoo assalamama kunna naAAmalu min soo-in bala inna AllahaAAaleemun bima kuntum taAAmaloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Whom the angels cause to die while they are wronging themselves. Then will they make full submission (saying): We used not to do any wrong. Nay! Surely Allah is Knower of what ye used to do.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrong-doing to their own souls." Then would they offer submission (with the pretence), "We did no evil (knowingly)." (The angels will reply), "Nay, but verily Allah knoweth all that ye did;

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن حال المشركين الظالمي أنفسهم عند احتضارهم ومجيء الملائكة إليهم لقبض أرواحهم : ( فألقوا السلم ) أي : أظهروا السمع والطاعة والانقياد قائلين : ( ما كنا نعمل من سوء ) كما يقولون يوم المعاد : ( والله ربنا ما كنا مشركين ) [ الأنعام : 23 ] ( يوم يبعثهم الله جميعا فيحلفون له كما يحلفون لكم ) [ المجادلة : 18 ] .

قال الله مكذبا لهم في قيلهم ذلك : ( بلى إن الله عليم بما كنتم تعملون)

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.