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Al-Hijr 23

Ayah 23 of 99 · Meccan

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) remains after all creation has passed away.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنَّاAnd indeed, Wewa-innā
  2. لَنَحۡنُsurely [We]lanaḥnu
  3. نُحۡيِۦWe give lifenuḥ'yī
  4. وَنُمِيتُand We cause deathwanumītu
  5. وَنَحۡنُand Wewanaḥnu
  6. ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ(are) the Inheritorsl-wārithūna

Tafsir

I revive the dead by creating them out of nothing and resurrecting them after death. And I cause the living to die when their time comes. I am the One Who will remain and inherit the earth and whatever is upon it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran