Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Ayah 8 (62:8)

ٱلْجُمُعَة

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْمَوْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ …

Quran 62:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Jumu'ah (“The Congregation, Friday”), a Medinan surah of 11 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 553 of the Madani Mushaf.

62:8
قُلْإِنَّٱلْمَوْتَٱلَّذِىتَفِرُّونَمِنْهُفَإِنَّهُۥمُلَٰقِيكُمْ ۖثُمَّتُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰعَٰلِمِٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِفَيُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٨
qul inna l-mawta alladhī tafirrūna min'hu fa-innahu mulāqīkum thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fayunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

Say, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."(8)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  3. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
  4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
  5. تَفِرُّونَtafirrūnayou flee
  6. مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
  7. فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen surely it
  8. مُلَٰقِيكُمْ ۖmulāqīkum(will) meet you
  9. ثُمَّthummaThen
  10. تُرَدُّونَturaddūnayou will be sent back
  11. إِلَىٰilāto
  12. عَٰلِمِʿālimi(the) All-Knower
  13. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
  14. وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the witnessed
  15. فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumand He will inform you
  16. بِمَاbimā[of] what
  17. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  18. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

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