Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:28

2:28

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

kayfa takfurūna bil-lahi wakuntum amwātan fa-aḥyākum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥ'yīkum thumma ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

— Saheeh International

How can you ignore God when you were lifeless and He gave you life, when He will cause you to die, then resurrect you to be returned to Him?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

How can you disbelieve in Allâh? seeing that you were dead and He gave you life. Then He will give you death, then again will bring you to life (on the Day of Resurrection) and then unto Him you will return (See V.40:11)

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

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Word by Word

كَيْفَkayfaHow
تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna(can) you disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَكُنتُمْwakuntumWhile you were
أَمْوَٰتًۭاamwātandead
فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْۖfa-aḥyākumthen He gave you life
ثُمَّthummathen
يُمِيتُكُمْyumītukumHe will cause you to die
ثُمَّthummathen
يُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkumHe will give you life
ثُمَّthummathen
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned