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Verse 11of 45

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ۚ وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍۢ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌۭ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

And Allah created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allah is easy.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
تُرَابٍۢturābindust
ثُمَّthummathen
مِنminfrom
نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatina semen-drop
ثُمَّthummathen
جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you
أَزْوَٰجًۭا ۚazwājanpairs
وَمَاwamāAnd not
تَحْمِلُtaḥmiluconceives
مِنْminany
أُنثَىٰunthāfemale
وَلَاwalāand not
تَضَعُtaḍaʿugives birth
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚbiʿil'mihiwith His knowledge
وَمَاwamāAnd not
يُعَمَّرُyuʿammaruis granted life
مِنminany
مُّعَمَّرٍۢmuʿammarinaged person
وَلَاwalāand not
يُنقَصُyunqaṣuis lessened
مِنْminfrom
عُمُرِهِۦٓʿumurihihis life
إِلَّاillābut
فِى(is) in
كِتَـٰبٍ ۚkitābina Register
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
يَسِيرٌۭyasīrun(is) easy

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Evidence of Life after DeathOften Allah refers to the Resurrection by using the analogy of the earth coming back to life after it has died, as in the beginning of Surat Al-Hajj, where He urges His servants to draw the lesson of the former from the latter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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