Quran 21:35 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
kullu nafsin dhāiqatu l-mawti wanablūkum bil-shari wal-khayri fit'natan wa-ilaynā tur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Every soul shall taste of death; and We try you with evil and good for a testing, then unto Us you shall be returned.
- Muhammad Asad
- Every human being is bound to taste death; and We test you [all] through the bad and the good [things of life] by way of trial: and unto Us you all must return.
- Sahih International
- Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كُلُّkullu | Every | كلل |
| 2 | نَفْسٍۢnafsin | soul | نفس |
| 3 | ذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu | (will) taste | ذوق |
| 4 | ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗl-mawti | [the] death | موت |
| 5 | وَنَبْلُوكُمwanablūkum | And We test you | بلو |
| 6 | بِٱلشَّرِّbil-shari | with [the] bad | شرر |
| 7 | وَٱلْخَيْرِwal-khayri | and [the] good | خير |
| 8 | فِتْنَةًۭ ۖfit'natan | (as) a trial | فتن |
| 9 | وَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynā | and to Us | — |
| 10 | تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna | you will be returned | رجع |