Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:70

16:70

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَىْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

wal-lahu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum waminkum man yuraddu ilā ardhali l-ʿumuri likay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿil'min shayan inna l-laha ʿalīmun qadīrun

And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.

— Saheeh International

It is God who has created you and in time will cause you to die. Some of you will be reduced, in old age, to a most abject state, so that, after having knowledge, they will know nothing at all: God is truly all knowing and all powerful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Allâh has created you and then He will cause you to die; and of you there are some who are sent back to senility, so that they know nothing after having known (much). Truly! Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.

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

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Word by Word

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
ثُمَّthummathen
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْۚyatawaffākumwill cause you to die
وَمِنكُمwaminkumAnd among you
مَّنman(is one) who
يُرَدُّyuradduis sent back
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَرْذَلِardhalithe worst
ٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuri(of) the age
لِكَىْlikayso that
لَاlānot
يَعْلَمَyaʿlamahe will know
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
شَيْـًٔاۚshayana thing
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful