Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:61

6:61

وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ

wahuwa l-qāhiru fawqa ʿibādihi wayur'silu ʿalaykum ḥafaẓatan ḥattā idhā jāa aḥadakumu l-mawtu tawaffathu rusulunā wahum lā yufarriṭūna

And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers [i.e., angels of death] take him, and they do not fail [in their duties].

— Saheeh International

He is the Supreme Master over His subjects. He sends out recorders to watch over you until, when death overtakes any of you, those sent by Us take his soul- they never fail in their duty.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He is the Irresistible, (Supreme) over His slaves, and He sends guardians (angels guarding and writing all of one’s good and bad deeds) over you, until when death approaches one of you, Our Messengers (angel of death and his assistants) take his soul, and they never neglect their duty.

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

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Word by Word

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلْقَاهِرُl-qāhiru(is) the Subjugator
فَوْقَfawqaover
عِبَادِهِۦۖʿibādihiHis slaves
وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand He sends
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
حَفَظَةًḥafaẓatanguardians
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءَjāacomes
أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) anyone of you
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
تَوَفَّتْهُtawaffathutake him
رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers
وَهُمْwahumand they
لَاlā(do) not
يُفَرِّطُونَyufarriṭūnafail