Quran 56:60 — Al-Waaqia, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have decreed among you Death; We shall not be outstripped;
- Muhammad Asad
- We have [indeed] decreed that death shall be [ever-present] among you: but there is nothing to prevent Us
- Sahih International
- We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 2 | قَدَّرْنَاqaddarnā | [We] have decreed | قدر |
| 3 | بَيْنَكُمُbaynakumu | among you | بين |
| 4 | ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta | the death | موت |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 6 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 7 | بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna | (are) outrun | سبق |