Quran 21:34 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever?
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِنْ مِتَّ فَهُمُ الْخَالِدُونَ
wamā jaʿalnā libasharin min qablika l-khul'da afa-in mitta fahumu l-khālidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have not assigned to any mortal before thee to live forever; therefore, if thou diest, will they live forever?
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remind those who deny thee, O Prophet, that] never have We granted life everlasting to any mortal before thee: but do they, perchance, hope that although thou must die, they will live forever?”
- Sahih International
- And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We made | جعل |
| 3 | لِبَشَرٍۢlibasharin | for any man | بشر |
| 4 | مِّنmin | before you | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 6 | ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖl-khul'da | [the] immortality | خلد |
| 7 | أَفَإِي۟نafa-in | so if | — |
| 8 | مِّتَّmitta | you die | موت |
| 9 | فَهُمُfahumu | then (would) they | — |
| 10 | ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَl-khālidūna | live forever | خلد |