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Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)

Verse 8of 59

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

Word-by-word meaning

لَآ(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَhuwaHim
يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītuand causes death
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
وَرَبُّwarabbuand (the) Lord
ءَابَآئِكُمُābāikumu(of) your fathers
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahIn Musnad Al-Bazzar, it is recorded from Abu At-Tufayl `Amir bin Wathilah from Zayd bin Harithah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ibn Sayyad:«إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ خَبْأً فَمَا هُوَ؟»(I am concealing something, what is it) And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was concealing Surat Ad-Dukhan from him. He (Ibn Sayyad) said: "It is Ad-Dukh." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«اخْسَأْ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ (كَانَ)»(Be off with you! Whatever Allah wills happens.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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