Quran 22:66 — Al-Hajj, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it is He who gave you [people] life, will cause you to die, then will give you life again- but man is ungrateful.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَكَفُورٌ
wahuwa alladhī aḥyākum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥ'yīkum inna l-insāna lakafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who gave you life, then He shall make you dead, then He shall give you life. Surely man is ungrateful.
- Muhammad Asad
- seeing that it is He who gave you life, and then will cause you to die, and then will bring you back to life: [but,] verily, bereft of all gratitude is man!
- Sahih International
- And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | أَحْيَاكُمْaḥyākum | gave you life | حيي |
| 4 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 5 | يُمِيتُكُمْyumītukum | He will cause you to die | موت |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗyuḥ'yīkum | He will give you life (again) | حيي |
| 8 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 9 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | man | أنس |
| 10 | لَكَفُورٌۭlakafūrun | (is) surely ungrateful | كفر |