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Qur’an 21:35 Al-Anbya, verse 35
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| كُلُّ | kullu | Every | ك ل ل |
| نَفْسٍۢ | nafsin | soul | ن ف س |
| ذَآئِقَةُ | dhāiqatu | (will) taste | ذ و ق |
| ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ | l-mawti | [the] death | م و ت |
| وَنَبْلُوكُم | wanablūkum | And We test you | ب ل و |
| بِٱلشَّرِّ | bil-shari | with [the] bad | ش ر ر |
| وَٱلْخَيْرِ | wal-khayri | and [the] good | خ ي ر |
| فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ | fit'natan | (as) a trial | ف ت ن |
| وَإِلَيْنَا | wa-ilaynā | and to Us | |
| تُرْجَعُونَ | tur'jaʿūna | you will be returned | ر ج ع |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 21:35 in Al-Anbya.
- 21:33وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّۭ فِى فَلَكٍۢ يَسْبَحُونَAnd it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
- 21:34وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَAnd We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
- 21:36وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَAnd when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who insults your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
- 21:37خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍۢ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِMan was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not impatiently urge Me.
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