Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 42 (39:42)

ٱلزُّمَر

ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَٱلَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ …

Quran 39:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 463 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:42
ٱللَّهُيَتَوَفَّىٱلْأَنفُسَحِينَمَوْتِهَاوَٱلَّتِىلَمْتَمُتْفِىمَنَامِهَا ۖفَيُمْسِكُٱلَّتِىقَضَىٰعَلَيْهَاٱلْمَوْتَوَيُرْسِلُٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍمُّسَمًّى ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَٰتٍلِّقَوْمٍيَتَفَكَّرُونَ٤٢
al-lahu yatawaffā l-anfusa ḥīna mawtihā wa-allatī lam tamut fī manāmihā fayum'siku allatī qaḍā ʿalayhā l-mawta wayur'silu l-ukh'rā ilā ajalin musamman inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yatafakkarūna

Allāh takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.(42)

Word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
  2. يَتَوَفَّىyatawaffātakes
  3. ٱلْأَنفُسَl-anfusathe souls
  4. حِينَḥīna(at the) time
  5. مَوْتِهَاmawtihā(of) their death
  6. وَٱلَّتِىwa-allatīand the one who
  7. لَمْlam(does) not
  8. تَمُتْtamutdie
  9. فِىfīin
  10. مَنَامِهَا ۖmanāmihātheir sleep
  11. فَيُمْسِكُfayum'sikuThen He keeps
  12. ٱلَّتِىallatīthe one whom
  13. قَضَىٰqaḍāHe has decreed
  14. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāfor them
  15. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
  16. وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand sends
  17. ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓl-ukh'rāthe others
  18. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
  19. أَجَلٍajalina term
  20. مُّسَمًّى ۚmusammanspecified
  21. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  22. فِىfīin
  23. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  24. لََٔايَٰتٍlaāyātinsurely (are) signs
  25. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  26. يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho ponder

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