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Al-An'am 2

Ayah 2 of 165 · Meccan

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٖ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلٗاۖ وَأَجَلٞ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمۡ تَمۡتَرُونَ ٢

It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term1 and a specified time [known] to Him;2 then [still] you are in dispute.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An appointed time for death.

2 For resurrection.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هُوَHehuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. خَلَقَكُمcreated youkhalaqakum
  4. مِّنfrommin
  5. طِينٖclayṭīnin
  6. ثُمَّthenthumma
  7. قَضَىٰٓHe decreedqaḍā
  8. أَجَلٗاۖa term ajalan
  9. وَأَجَلٞand a termwa-ajalun
  10. مُّسَمًّىspecifiedmusamman
  11. عِندَهُۥۖwith Himʿindahu
  12. ثُمَّyetthumma
  13. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  14. تَمۡتَرُونَdoubttamtarūna

Tafsir

He, may He be glorified, is the One Who created you, O people, from clay when He created your father, Adam (peace be upon him) from it. Then He, may He be glorified, fixed a period for your stay in the life of the world. He also fixed another term, which only He knows, when He will raise you back to life on the Day of Rising. Despite this, you still doubt about His ability to raise you back to life.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran