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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 61of 165

وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ﴿٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers take him, and they do not fail [in their duties].

Word-by-word meaning

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلْقَاهِرُl-qāhiru(is) the Subjugator
فَوْقَfawqaover
عِبَادِهِۦ ۖʿibādihiHis slaves
وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand He sends
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
حَفَظَةًḥafaẓatanguardians
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءَjāacomes
أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) anyone of you
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
تَوَفَّتْهُtawaffathutake him
رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers
وَهُمْwahumand they
لَا(do) not
يُفَرِّطُونَyufarriṭūnafail

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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