Quran 16:70 — An-Nahl, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is God who has created you and in time will cause you to die. Some of you will be reduced, in old age, to a most abject state, so that, after having knowledge, they will know nothing at all: God is truly all knowing and all powerful.
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ ۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ
wal-lahu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum waminkum man yuraddu ilā ardhali l-ʿumuri likay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿil'min shayan inna l-laha ʿalīmun qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God created you; then He will gather you to Him; and some of you will be kept back unto the vilest state of life, that after knowing somewhat, they may know nothing; God is All-knowing, All-powerful.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND GOD has created you, and in time will cause you to die; and many a one of you is reduced in old age to a most abject state, ceasing to know anything of what he once knew so well. Verily, God is all-knowing, infinite in His power!
- Sahih International
- And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 2 | خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakum | created you | خلق |
| 3 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 4 | يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚyatawaffākum | will cause you to die | وفي |
| 5 | وَمِنكُمwaminkum | And among you | — |
| 6 | مَّنman | (is one) who | — |
| 7 | يُرَدُّyuraddu | is sent back | ردد |
| 8 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 9 | أَرْذَلِardhali | the worst | رذل |
| 10 | ٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuri | (of) the age | عمر |
| 11 | لِكَىْlikay | so that | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | يَعْلَمَyaʿlama | he will know | علم |
| 14 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 15 | عِلْمٍۢʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 16 | شَيْـًٔا ۚshayan | a thing | شيأ |
| 17 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 18 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 19 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | (is) All-Knowing | علم |
| 20 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | All-Powerful | قدر |