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An-Nahl 70

Ayah 70 of 128 · Meccan

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمۡۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡ لَا يَعۡلَمَ بَعۡدَ عِلۡمٖ شَيۡـًٔاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٞ قَدِيرٞ ٧٠

And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  2. خَلَقَكُمۡcreated youkhalaqakum
  3. ثُمَّthenthumma
  4. يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمۡۚwill cause you to dieyatawaffākum
  5. وَمِنكُمAnd among youwaminkum
  6. مَّن(is one) whoman
  7. يُرَدُّis sent backyuraddu
  8. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  9. أَرۡذَلِthe worstardhali
  10. ٱلۡعُمُرِ(of) the agel-ʿumuri
  11. لِكَيۡso thatlikay
  12. لَاnotlā
  13. يَعۡلَمَhe will knowyaʿlama
  14. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  15. عِلۡمٖknowledgeʿil'min
  16. شَيۡـًٔاۚa thingshayan
  17. إِنَّIndeedinna
  18. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  19. عَلِيمٞ(is) All-Knowingʿalīmun
  20. قَدِيرٞAll-Powerfulqadīrun

Tafsir

Allah created you without a precedent; then He will cause you to die when your term of life ends. The lifespan of some of you will be extended to the worst stage of life, which is the severe old-age, when a person will no longer know anything of what he used to know. Allah is knowing, and no action of His servants is hidden from Him. He is powerful and nothing can overpower Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran