Quran 39:42 — Az-Zumar, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God takes the souls of the dead and the souls of the living while they sleep- He keeps hold of those whose death He has ordained and sends the others back until their appointed time- there truly are signs in this for those who reflect.
اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّتِي قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْأُخْرَىٰ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
al-lahu yatawaffā l-anfusa ḥīna mawtihā wa-allatī lam tamut fī manāmihā fayum'siku allatī qaḍā ʿalayhā l-mawta wayur'silu l-ukh'rā ilā ajalin musamman inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yatafakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God takes the souls at the time of their death, and that which has not died, in its sleep; He withholds that against which He has decreed death, but looses the other till a stated term. Surely in that are signs for a people who reflect. Or have they taken intercessors apart from God?
- Muhammad Asad
- It is God [alone that has this power - He] who causes all human beings to die at the time of their [bodily] death, and [causes to be as dead], during their sleep, those that have not yet died: thus, He withholds [from life] those upon whom He has decreed death, and lets the others go free for a term set [by Him]. In [all] this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think!
- Sahih International
- Allāh takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱللَّهُal-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 2 | يَتَوَفَّىyatawaffā | takes | وفي |
| 3 | ٱلْأَنفُسَl-anfusa | the souls | نفس |
| 4 | حِينَḥīna | (at the) time | حين |
| 5 | مَوْتِهَاmawtihā | (of) their death | موت |
| 6 | وَٱلَّتِىwa-allatī | and the one who | — |
| 7 | لَمْlam | (does) not | — |
| 8 | تَمُتْtamut | die | موت |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | مَنَامِهَا ۖmanāmihā | their sleep | نوم |
| 11 | فَيُمْسِكُfayum'siku | Then He keeps | مسك |
| 12 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | the one whom | — |
| 13 | قَضَىٰqaḍā | He has decreed | قضي |
| 14 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | for them | — |
| 15 | ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta | the death | موت |
| 16 | وَيُرْسِلُwayur'silu | and sends | رسل |
| 17 | ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓl-ukh'rā | the others | أخر |
| 18 | إِلَىٰٓilā | for | — |
| 19 | أَجَلٍۢajalin | a term | أجل |
| 20 | مُّسَمًّى ۚmusamman | specified | سمو |
| 21 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 22 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 23 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 24 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | surely (are) signs | أيي |
| 25 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 26 | يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna | who ponder | فكر |