Quran 23:80 — Al-Muminoon, verse 80
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it is He who gives life and death; the alternation of night and day depends on Him; will you not use your minds?
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who gives life, and makes to die, and to Him belongs the alternation of night and day; what, will you not understand?
- Muhammad Asad
- And He it is who grants life and deals death; and to Him is due the alternation of night and day. Will you not, then, use your reason?
- Sahih International
- And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yī | gives life | حيي |
| 4 | وَيُمِيتُwayumītu | and causes death | موت |
| 5 | وَلَهُwalahu | and for Him | — |
| 6 | ٱخْتِلَـٰفُikh'tilāfu | (is the) alternation | خلف |
| 7 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | (of) the night | ليل |
| 8 | وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚwal-nahāri | and the day | نهر |
| 9 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then will not | — |
| 10 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | you reason | عقل |