Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:80 — translation and meaning

المؤمنون · Verse 80 / 118 · Page 347

ۚ وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

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ۚ
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
يُحْيِي
yuh'yi
gives life
وَيُمِيتُ
wayumitu
and causes death
وَلَهُ
walahu
and for Him
اخْتِلَافُ
ikh'tilafu
(is the) alternation
اللَّيْلِ
al-layli
(of) the night
وَالنَّهَارِ
wal-nahari
and the day
أَفَلَا
afala
Then will not
تَعْقِلُونَ
ta'qiluna
you reason

Transliteration

Wa Huwal lazee yuhyee wa yumeetu wa lahukh tilaaful laili wannahaar; afalaa ta'qiloon

Translation

And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And it is He alone Who gives life; there is nobody who gives life besides Him. And it is He alone Who gives death; there is nobody who gives death besides Him. To Him alone belongs fixing the difference of night and day, in terms of darkness and light, and length and shortness. Do you not understand His power and His being alone in creating and managing?

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

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