21:34

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَ

Word by word

وَمَا

And not

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

مَاPreposition — negative

جَعَلْنَا

We made

Verb

Root: جعل

Grammar (i'rab)

جَعَلْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.

نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.

لِبَشَرٍ

for any man

Noun

Root: بشر

Grammar (i'rab)

لِPreposition — preposition، prefix

بَشَرٍNoun — masculine، indefinite، genitive

مِّن

before you

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

مِّنPreposition — preposition

قَبْلِكَ

before you

Noun

Root: قبل

Grammar (i'rab)

قَبْلِNoun — genitive

كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.

ٱلْخُلْدَ

[the] immortality

Noun

Root: خلد

Grammar (i'rab)

ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix

خُلْدَNoun — masculine، accusative

أَفَإِي۟ن

so if

Noun

Grammar (i'rab)

أَNoun — interrogative، prefix

فَPreposition — supplemental، prefix

إِي۟نPreposition — conditional

مِّتَّ

you die

Verb

Root: موت

Grammar (i'rab)

مِّVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. sing.

تَّNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.

فَهُمُ

then (would) they

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

فَPreposition — resumption، prefix

هُمُNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.

ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ

live forever

Noun

Root: خلد

Grammar (i'rab)

ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix

خَٰلِدُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

Senden önce de hiçbir insanı ölümsüz kılmadık, sen ölürsün de onlar baki kalır mı?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Ey Muhammed! Senden önce de hiçbir insanı ölümsüz kılmadık, sen ölürsün de onlar baki kalır mı? Senin ölmenle rahata kavuşacaklarını mı sanıyorlar?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Senden önce (de) hiçbir insana çok uzun hayat vermedik. Şimdi sen ölürsen, onlar çok uzun süre mi kalacaklar!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

وما جعلنا لبشر من قبلك - أيها الرسول - دوام البقاء في الدنيا، أفإن مت فهم يُؤمِّلون الخلود بعدك؟ لا يكون هذا. وفي هذه الآية دليل على أن الخضر عليه السلام قد مات؛ لأنه بشر.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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Topics

Death