Sura 39 Az-Zumar (The Troops), ayah 42
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اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّتِي قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْأُخْرَىٰ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Translation by words
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah
- يَتَوَفَّى
- takes
- ٱلْأَنفُسَ
- the souls
- حِينَ
- (at the) time
- مَوْتِهَا
- (of) their death,
- وَٱلَّتِى
- and the one who
- لَمْ
- (does) not
- تَمُتْ
- die
- فِى
- in
- مَنَامِهَا
- their sleep.
- فَيُمْسِكُ
- Then He keeps
- ٱلَّتِى
- the one whom,
- قَضَىٰ
- He has decreed
- عَلَيْهَا
- for them
- ٱلْمَوْتَ
- the death,
- وَيُرْسِلُ
- and sends
- ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
- the others
- إِلَىٰٓ
- for
- أَجَلٍ
- a term
- مُّسَمًّى
- specified.
- إِنَّ
- Indeed,
- فِى
- in
- ذَٰلِكَ
- that
- لَءَايَٰتٍ
- surely (are) signs
- لِّقَوْمٍ
- for a people
- يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
- who ponder.
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die (He takes) during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
39:42
Translation: Saheeh International