Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 32 (16:32)

ٱلنَّحْل

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ …

Quran 16:32 is ayah 32 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 270 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:32
ٱلَّذِينَتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُطَيِّبِينَ ۙيَقُولُونَسَلَٰمٌعَلَيْكُمُٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْجَنَّةَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٣٢
alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malāikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumu ud'khulū l-janata bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."(32)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whom
  2. تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtatawaffāhumutake them in death
  3. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
  4. طَيِّبِينَ ۙṭayyibīna(when they are) pure
  5. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
  6. سَلَٰمٌsalāmunPeace
  7. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu(be) upon you
  8. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
  9. ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
  10. بِمَاbimāfor what
  11. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
  12. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

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