Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:21

16:21

أَمْوَٰتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَآءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

amwātun ghayru aḥyāin wamā yashʿurūna ayyāna yub'ʿathūna

They are [in fact] dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

— Saheeh International

They are dead, not living. They do not know when they will be raised up.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(They are) dead, not alive; and they know not when they will be raised up.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أَمْوَٰتٌamwātun(They are) dead
غَيْرُghayrunot alive
أَحْيَآءٍۢۖaḥyāinnot alive
وَمَاwamāAnd not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive
أَيَّانَayyānawhen
يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey will be resurrected