Surah Al-Waqi'a 56:60 — translation and meaning
الواقعة · Verse 60 / 96 · Page 536
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
Word by Word
نَحْنُ
nahnu
We
قَدَّرْنَا
qaddarna
[We] have decreed
بَيْنَكُمُ
baynakumu
among you
الْمَوْتَ
al-mawta
the death
وَمَا
wama
and not
نَحْنُ
nahnu
We
بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
bimasbuqina
(are) outrun
Transliteration
Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen
Translation
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I determine death between you; each one of you has a fixed amount of time which he neither goes beyond nor falls short of. I am not incapable...
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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