Quran 6:60 — Al-An'aam, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who calls your souls back by night, knowing what you have done by day, then raises you up again in the daytime until your fixed term is fulfilled. It is to Him that you will return in the end, and He will tell you what you have done.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا جَرَحْتُمْ بِالنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُكُمْ فِيهِ لِيُقْضَىٰ أَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
wahuwa alladhī yatawaffākum bi-al-layli wayaʿlamu mā jaraḥtum bil-nahāri thumma yabʿathukum fīhi liyuq'ḍā ajalun musamman thumma ilayhi marjiʿukum thumma yunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who recalls you by night, and He knows what you work by day; then He raises you up therein, that a stated term may be determined; then unto Him shall you return, then He will tell you of what you have been doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And He it is who causes you to be [like] dead at night, and knows what you work in daytime; and He brings you back to life each days in order that a term set [by Him] be fulfilled. In the end, unto Him you must return: and then He will make you understand all that you were doing [in life].
- Sahih International
- And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein [i.e., by day] that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمyatawaffākum | takes your (soul) | وفي |
| 4 | بِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layli | by the night | ليل |
| 5 | وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamu | and He knows | علم |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | جَرَحْتُمjaraḥtum | you committed | جرح |
| 8 | بِٱلنَّهَارِbil-nahāri | by the day | نهر |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 10 | يَبْعَثُكُمْyabʿathukum | He raises you up | بعث |
| 11 | فِيهِfīhi | therein | — |
| 12 | لِيُقْضَىٰٓliyuq'ḍā | so that is fulfilled | قضي |
| 13 | أَجَلٌۭajalun | (the) term | أجل |
| 14 | مُّسَمًّۭى ۖmusamman | specified | سمو |
| 15 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 16 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to Him | — |
| 17 | مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum | will be your return | رجع |
| 18 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 19 | يُنَبِّئُكُمyunabbi-ukum | He will inform you | نبأ |
| 20 | بِمَاbimā | about what | — |
| 21 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 22 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |