Quran 62:8 — Al-Jumu'a, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so say, ‘The death you run away from will come to meet you and you will be returned to the One who knows the unseen as well as the seen: He will tell you everything you have done.’
قُلْ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مُلَاقِيكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
qul inna l-mawta alladhī tafirrūna min'hu fa-innahu mulāqīkum thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fayunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Surely death, from which you flee, shall encounter you; then you shall be returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, and He will tell you that you have been doing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Behold, the death from which you are fleeing is bound to overtake you - and then you will be brought back unto Him who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind, whereupon He will make you truly understand all that you were doing [in life].
- Sahih International
- Say, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta | the death | موت |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | which | — |
| 5 | تَفِرُّونَtafirrūna | you flee | فرر |
| 6 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from it | — |
| 7 | فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahu | then surely it | — |
| 8 | مُلَـٰقِيكُمْ ۖmulāqīkum | (will) meet you | لقي |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 10 | تُرَدُّونَturaddūna | you will be sent back | ردد |
| 11 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 12 | عَـٰلِمِʿālimi | (the) All-Knower | علم |
| 13 | ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi | (of) the unseen | غيب |
| 14 | وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādati | and the witnessed | شهد |
| 15 | فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukum | and He will inform you | نبأ |
| 16 | بِمَاbimā | [of] what | — |
| 17 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 18 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |