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Luqman 28

Ayah 28 of 34 · Meccan

مَّا خَلۡقُكُمۡ وَلَا بَعۡثُكُمۡ إِلَّا كَنَفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٌ ٢٨

Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul.1 Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The re-creation and resurrection of one or of all is accomplished with equal ease by Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَّاNotmā
  2. خَلۡقُكُمۡ(is) your creationkhalqukum
  3. وَلَاand notwalā
  4. بَعۡثُكُمۡyour resurrectionbaʿthukum
  5. إِلَّاbutillā
  6. كَنَفۡسٖas a soulkanafsin
  7. وَٰحِدَةٍۚsinglewāḥidatin
  8. إِنَّIndeedinna
  9. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  10. سَمِيعُۢ(is) All-Hearersamīʿun
  11. بَصِيرٌAll-Seerbaṣīrun

Tafsir

O people! Your creation and your resurrection for accountability and requital on the Day of Judgement, is as easy as creating and resurrecting just one soul. Indeed, Allah hears everything, hearing one sound does not preoccupy Him from hearing another; He also sees everything, seeing one thing does not preoccupy Him from hearing another either. And likewise, creating something and resurrecting it does not preoccupy Him from creating and resurrecting another.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran