Quran 23:37 — Al-Muminoon, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is only the life of this world: we die, we live, but we will never be resurrected.
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ
in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is nothing but our present life; we die, and we live, and we shall not be raised up.
- Muhammad Asad
- There is no life beyond our life in this world: we die and we live [but once], and we shall never be raised from the dead!
- Sahih International
- It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 2 | هِىَhiya | it | — |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | (is) but | — |
| 4 | حَيَاتُنَاḥayātunā | our life | حيي |
| 5 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 6 | نَمُوتُnamūtu | we die | موت |
| 7 | وَنَحْيَاwanaḥyā | and we live | حيي |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 9 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we | — |
| 10 | بِمَبْعُوثِينَbimabʿūthīna | (will be) resurrected | بعث |