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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 60of 165

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا جَرَحْتُم بِٱلنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُكُمْ فِيهِ لِيُقْضَىٰٓ أَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٦٠﴾

Translation (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 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.

Word-by-word meaning

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمyatawaffākumtakes your (soul)
بِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliby the night
وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand He knows
مَاmāwhat
جَرَحْتُمjaraḥtumyou committed
بِٱلنَّهَارِbil-nahāriby the day
ثُمَّthummaThen
يَبْعَثُكُمْyabʿathukumHe raises you up
فِيهِfīhitherein
لِيُقْضَىٰٓliyuq'ḍāso that is fulfilled
أَجَلٌۭajalun(the) term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۖmusammanspecified
ثُمَّthummaThen
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumwill be your return
ثُمَّthummathen
يُنَبِّئُكُمyunabbi-ukumHe will inform you
بِمَاbimāabout what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Servants are in Allah's Hands Before and After DeathAllah states that He brings death to His servants in their sleep at night, for sleep is minor death. Allah said in other Ayat,إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يعِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ(And (remember) when Allah said: "O `Isa! I will take you and raise you to Myself...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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