Surah Al-Waqi'ah (الواقعة) • The Inevitable

Quran 56:60

56:60

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumu l-mawta wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

— Saheeh International

We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

We have decreed death to you all, and We are not outstripped,

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

Juz 27Page 536meccan

Word by Word

نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
قَدَّرْنَاqaddarnā[We] have decreed
بَيْنَكُمُbaynakumuamong you
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna(are) outrun