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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 185of 200

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۖ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ﴿١٨٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.

Word-by-word meaning

كُلُّkulluEvery
نَفْسٍۢnafsinsoul
ذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu(will) taste
ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗl-mawti[the] death
وَإِنَّمَاwa-innamāand only
تُوَفَّوْنَtuwaffawnayou will be paid in full
أُجُورَكُمْujūrakumyour reward
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖl-qiyāmati(of) [the] Resurrection
فَمَنfamanThen whoever
زُحْزِحَzuḥ'ziḥais drawn away
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
وَأُدْخِلَwa-ud'khilaand admitted
ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(to) Paradise
فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
فَازَ ۗfāzahe is successful
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَتَـٰعُmatāʿuenjoyment
ٱلْغُرُورِl-ghurūri(of) delusion

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Every Soul Shall Taste DeathAllah issues a general and encompassing statement that every living soul shall taste death. In another statement, Allah said,كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ - وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلْـلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ(Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish. And the Face of your Lord full of majesty and honor will remain forever) 55:26,27.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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