Surah Al-Anbiya 21:35 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 35 / 112 · Page 324

ۗ ۖ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Word by Word

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ۖ
كُلُّ
kullu
Every
نَفْسٍ
nafsin
soul
ذَائِقَةُ
dhaiqatu
(will) taste
الْمَوْتِ
al-mawti
[the] death
وَنَبْلُوكُم
wanablukum
And We test you
بِالشَّرِّ
bil-shari
with [the] bad
وَالْخَيْرِ
wal-khayri
and [the] good
فِتْنَةً
fit'natan
(as) a trial
وَإِلَيْنَا
wa-ilayna
and to Us
تُرْجَعُونَ
tur'ja'una
you will be returned

Transliteration

Kullu nafsin zaaa'iqatul mawt; wa nablookum bishsharri walkhairi fitnatanw wa ilainaa turja'oon

Translation

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Every believing and disbelieving soul will taste death in the world. And I test you, O mankind, in the worldly life through duties, blessings and hardships, then after your death you shall be returned to Me alone and nobody else, then I shall reward you for your deeds.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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