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Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)

Verse 37of 118

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ﴿٣٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنْinNot
هِىَhiyait
إِلَّاillā(is) but
حَيَاتُنَاḥayātunāour life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
نَمُوتُnamūtuwe die
وَنَحْيَاwanaḥyāand we live
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
بِمَبْعُوثِينَbimabʿūthīna(will be) resurrected

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of `Ad or ThamudAllah tells us that after the people of Nuh, He created another nation. It was said that this was `Ad, because they were the successors of the people of Nuh. Or it was said that they were Thamud, because Allah says:فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ(So, the Sayhah overtook them in truth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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