Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:35

21:35

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

kullu nafsin dhāiqatu l-mawti wanablūkum bil-shari wal-khayri fit'natan wa-ilaynā tur'jaʿūna

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

— Saheeh International

Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good. And to Us you will be returned.

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

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Word by Word

كُلُّkulluEvery
نَفْسٍۢnafsinsoul
ذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu(will) taste
ٱلْمَوْتِۗl-mawti[the] death
وَنَبْلُوكُمwanablūkumAnd We test you
بِٱلشَّرِّbil-shariwith [the] bad
وَٱلْخَيْرِwal-khayriand [the] good
فِتْنَةًۭۖfit'natan(as) a trial
وَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāand to Us
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned