Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Ayah 60 (56:60)

ٱلْوَاقِعَة

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Quran 56:60 is ayah 60 of Surah Al-Waqi'ah (“The Inevitable”), a Meccan surah of 96 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 536 of the Madani Mushaf.

56:60
نَحْنُقَدَّرْنَابَيْنَكُمُٱلْمَوْتَوَمَانَحْنُبِمَسْبُوقِينَ٦٠
naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone(60)

Word by word

  1. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
  2. قَدَّرْنَاqaddarnā[We] have decreed
  3. بَيْنَكُمُbaynakumuamong you
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
  5. وَمَاwamāand not
  6. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
  7. بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna(are) outrun

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