ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٢
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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ٱلَّذِي The One Who alladhī خَلَقَ created khalaqa ٱلۡمَوۡتَ death l-mawta وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ and life wal-ḥayata لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ that He may test you liyabluwakum أَيُّكُمۡ which of you ayyukum أَحۡسَنُ (is) best aḥsanu عَمَلٗاۚ (in) deed ʿamalan وَهُوَ And He wahuwa ٱلۡعَزِيزُ (is) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzu ٱلۡغَفُورُ the Oft-Forgiving l-ghafūru Tafsir The one who created death and life to test you, O people, which one of you is better in terms of actions. He is the Almighty who no one can overpower; the Forgiving of the sins of whichever of His servants repents to him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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