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Ali 'Imran 145

Ayah 145 of 200 · Medinan

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفۡسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّؤَجَّلٗاۗ وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَاۚ وَسَنَجۡزِي ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٤٥

And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allāh at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَiskāna
  3. لِنَفۡسٍfor a soullinafsin
  4. أَنthatan
  5. تَمُوتَhe diestamūta
  6. إِلَّاexceptillā
  7. بِإِذۡنِby (the) permissionbi-idh'ni
  8. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  9. كِتَٰبٗا(at a) decreekitāban
  10. مُّؤَجَّلٗاۗdeterminedmu-ajjalan
  11. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  12. يُرِدۡdesiresyurid
  13. ثَوَابَrewardthawāba
  14. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the world l-dun'yā
  15. نُؤۡتِهِۦWe will give himnu'tihi
  16. مِنۡهَاthereofmin'hā
  17. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  18. يُرِدۡdesiresyurid
  19. ثَوَابَrewardthawāba
  20. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafterl-ākhirati
  21. نُؤۡتِهِۦWe will give himnu'tihi
  22. مِنۡهَاۚthereofmin'hā
  23. وَسَنَجۡزِيAnd We will rewardwasanajzī
  24. ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَthe grateful onesl-shākirīna

Tafsir

No person can die except by the divine decree of Allah, when the time Allah has written for them has come to an end and their set time of death has arrived: their life will not be made longer or shorter. Whoever desires worldly gain through what they do, Allah will give them of it, according to what He has decreed for them, and they will have no share in the Afterlife. Yet whoever desires the reward of Allah in the Afterlife through what they do, Allah will give them its reward, and He will give a great reward to those who are thankful to their Lord.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran