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Al-An'am 61

Ayah 61 of 165 · Meccan

وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَاهِرُ فَوۡقَ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَيُرۡسِلُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ تَوَفَّتۡهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ ٦١

And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers [i.e., angels of death] take him, and they do not fail [in their duties].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  2. ٱلۡقَاهِرُ(is) the Subjugatorl-qāhiru
  3. فَوۡقَoverfawqa
  4. عِبَادِهِۦۖHis slavesʿibādihi
  5. وَيُرۡسِلُand He sendswayur'silu
  6. عَلَيۡكُمۡover youʿalaykum
  7. حَفَظَةًguardiansḥafaẓatan
  8. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  9. إِذَاwhenidhā
  10. جَآءَcomesjāa
  11. أَحَدَكُمُ(to) anyone of youaḥadakumu
  12. ٱلۡمَوۡتُthe deathl-mawtu
  13. تَوَفَّتۡهُtake himtawaffathu
  14. رُسُلُنَاOur messengersrusulunā
  15. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  16. لَا(do) notlā
  17. يُفَرِّطُونَfailyufarriṭūna

Tafsir

And Allah is the Dominant and Irresistible to Whom everything is subjugated. He is above His servants in a manner that befits His majesty, may He be glorified. He sends over you, O people, honourable angels who record your actions. This will continue until a person’s life is brought to an end by the angel of death and his aides take away their souls. The angel of death and his aides never fail to carry out what they are instructed to do.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran