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Al-Waqi'ah 60

Ayah 60 of 96 · Meccan

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٦٠

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. نَحۡنُWenaḥnu
  2. قَدَّرۡنَا[We] have decreedqaddarnā
  3. بَيۡنَكُمُamong youbaynakumu
  4. ٱلۡمَوۡتَthe deathl-mawta
  5. وَمَاand notwamā
  6. نَحۡنُWenaḥnu
  7. بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ(are) outrunbimasbūqīna

Tafsir

I determine death between you; each one of you has a fixed amount of time which he neither goes beyond nor falls short of. I am not incapable...

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran