Surah An-Nahl 16:21 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 21 / 128 · Page 269
ۖ أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Word by Word
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أَمْوَاتٌ
amwatun
(They are) dead
غَيْرُ
ghayru
not
أَحْيَاءٍ
ahyain
alive
وَمَا
wama
And not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yash'uruna
they perceive
أَيَّانَ
ayyana
when
يُبْعَثُونَ
yub'athuna
they will be resurrected
Transliteration
Amwaatun ghairu ahyaaa'inw wa maa yash'uroona aiyaana yub'asoon
Translation
They are, [in fact], dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Despite the fact that the idol worshippers made their gods with their own hands, they are also lifeless things that have no life nor knowledge. They do not know when they will be resurrected with their worshippers on the Day of Judgement, to be thrown together with them into the fire of Hell.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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