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Quran 56:60

Surah Al-Waaqia, Verse 60

Juz 27 · Page 536 · Ruku 470 · Meccan

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Word by word

نَحْنُ naḥnu We قَدَّرْنَا qaddarnā [We] have decreed بَيْنَكُمُ baynakumu among you ٱلْمَوْتَ l-mawta the death وَمَا wamā and not نَحْنُ naḥnu We بِمَسْبُوقِينَ bimasbūqīna (are) outrun

Transliteration

Nahnu qaddarna baynakumualmawta wama nahnu bimasbooqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال : ( نحن قدرنا بينكم الموت ) أي : صرفناه بينكم .

وقال الضحاك : ساوى فيه بين أهل السماء والأرض .

( وما نحن بمسبوقين ) أي : وما نحن بعاجزين .

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.