Quran 31:28 — Luqman, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Creating and resurrecting all of you is only like creating or resurrecting a single soul: God is all hearing and all seeing.
مَا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ
mā khalqukum walā baʿthukum illā kanafsin wāḥidatin inna l-laha samīʿun baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Your creation and your upraising are as but as a single soul. God is All-hearing, All-seeing.
- Muhammad Asad
- [For Him,] the creation of you all and the resurrection of you all is but like [the creation and resurrection of] a single soul: for, verily, God is all-hearing, all-seeing.
- Sahih International
- Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | خَلْقُكُمْkhalqukum | (is) your creation | خلق |
| 3 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 4 | بَعْثُكُمْbaʿthukum | your resurrection | بعث |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 6 | كَنَفْسٍۢkanafsin | as a soul | نفس |
| 7 | وَٰحِدَةٍ ۗwāḥidatin | single | وحد |
| 8 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | سَمِيعٌۢsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearer | سمع |
| 11 | بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun | All-Seer | بصر |