Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:42

39:42

ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَٱلَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ ٱلَّتِى قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

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.

— Saheeh International

God takes the souls of the dead and the souls of the living while they sleep- He keeps hold of those whose death He has ordained and sends the others back until their appointed time- there truly are signs in this for those who reflect.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is Allâh Who takes away the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep. He keeps those (souls) for which He has ordained death and sends the rest for a term appointed. Verily, in this are signs for a people who think deeply.

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

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Word by Word

ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
يَتَوَفَّىyatawaffātakes
ٱلْأَنفُسَl-anfusathe souls
حِينَḥīna(at the) time
مَوْتِهَاmawtihā(of) their death
وَٱلَّتِىwa-allatīand the one who
لَمْlam(does) not
تَمُتْtamutdie
فِىfīin
مَنَامِهَاۖmanāmihātheir sleep
فَيُمْسِكُfayum'sikuThen He keeps
ٱلَّتِىallatīthe one whom
قَضَىٰqaḍāHe has decreed
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāfor them
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand sends
ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓl-ukh'rāthe others
إِلَىٰٓilāfor
أَجَلٍۢajalina term
مُّسَمًّىۚmusammanspecified
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho ponder