Surah Ya-Sin 36:12 — translation and meaning

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ۚ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

Word by Word

ۚ
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed
نَحْنُ
nahnu
We
نُحْيِي
nuh'yi
give life
الْمَوْتَى
al-mawta
(to) the dead
وَنَكْتُبُ
wanaktubu
and We record
مَا
ma
what
قَدَّمُوا
qaddamu
they have sent before
وَآثَارَهُمْ
waatharahum
and their footprints
وَكُلَّ
wakulla
and every
شَيْءٍ
shayin
thing
أَحْصَيْنَاهُ
ahsaynahu
We have enumerated it
فِي
fi
in
إِمَامٍ
imamin
a Register
مُّبِينٍ
mubinin
clear

Transliteration

Innaa Nahnu nuhyil mawtaa wa naktubu maa qaddamoo wa aasaarahum; wa kulla shai'in ahsainaahu feee Imaamim Mubeen

Translation

Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I shall bring the dead back to life by resurrecting them to give account on the day of resurrection. we record the good and the bad deeds that they send forth in this life to be rewarded for in the next, and we also record the good and bad aftereffects from their actions, such as the good that comes out of charity after they pass away and the evils that result of their misdeeds. We have counted everything, and recorded it in a clear book, which is the preserved tablet.

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

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