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Al-An'am 60

Ayah 60 of 165 · Meccan

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا جَرَحۡتُم بِٱلنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَبۡعَثُكُمۡ فِيهِ لِيُقۡضَىٰٓ أَجَلٞ مُّسَمّٗىۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٦٠

And it is He who takes your souls by night1 and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein [i.e., by day] that a specified term2 may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., when you sleep.

2 One's decreed life span.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمtakes your (soul)yatawaffākum
  4. بِٱلَّيۡلِby the nightbi-al-layli
  5. وَيَعۡلَمُand He knowswayaʿlamu
  6. مَاwhatmā
  7. جَرَحۡتُمyou committedjaraḥtum
  8. بِٱلنَّهَارِby the daybil-nahāri
  9. ثُمَّThenthumma
  10. يَبۡعَثُكُمۡHe raises you upyabʿathukum
  11. فِيهِthereinfīhi
  12. لِيُقۡضَىٰٓso that is fulfilledliyuq'ḍā
  13. أَجَلٞ(the) termajalun
  14. مُّسَمّٗىۖspecifiedmusamman
  15. ثُمَّThenthumma
  16. إِلَيۡهِto Himilayhi
  17. مَرۡجِعُكُمۡwill be your returnmarjiʿukum
  18. ثُمَّthenthumma
  19. يُنَبِّئُكُمHe will inform youyunabbi-ukum
  20. بِمَاabout whatbimā
  21. كُنتُمۡyou used tokuntum
  22. تَعۡمَلُونَdotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

Allah is the One Who temporarily takes away your souls at night as you sleep, and He is the One Who knows the actions you do during the day when you are awake. He then raises you in the day, after taking away your souls through sleep, so that you may carry out your tasks. This will continue until the fixed period of your lives, as known to Allah, is over. Then you will return to Him alone when He will raise you on the Day of Rising. He will then tell you about what you used to do in the life of the world and will repay your actions.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran