Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 37 (23:37)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

Quran 23:37 is ayah 37 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 344 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:37
إِنْهِىَإِلَّاحَيَاتُنَاٱلدُّنْيَانَمُوتُوَنَحْيَاوَمَانَحْنُبِمَبْعُوثِينَ٣٧
in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīna

It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.(37)

Word by word

  1. إِنْinNot
  2. هِىَhiyait
  3. إِلَّاillā(is) but
  4. حَيَاتُنَاḥayātunāour life
  5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  6. نَمُوتُnamūtuwe die
  7. وَنَحْيَاwanaḥyāand we live
  8. وَمَاwamāand not
  9. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  10. بِمَبْعُوثِينَbimabʿūthīna(will be) resurrected

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