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Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)

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نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

Word-by-word meaning

نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
قَدَّرْنَاqaddarnā[We] have decreed
بَيْنَكُمُbaynakumuamong you
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna(are) outrun

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Proof that Resurrection will occurAllah asserts that Resurrection will occur and refutes the misguided atheists who deny it, those who said,أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَـماً أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ (When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected) 56:47 They said this statement in denial and discounting Resurrection. Allah the Exalted said,نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـكُمْ(We created you,) meaning, `We have created you after you were nothing.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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