Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 61 (6:61)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ …

Quran 6:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 135 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:61
وَهُوَٱلْقَاهِرُفَوْقَعِبَادِهِۦ ۖوَيُرْسِلُعَلَيْكُمْحَفَظَةًحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءَأَحَدَكُمُٱلْمَوْتُتَوَفَّتْهُرُسُلُنَاوَهُمْلَايُفَرِّطُونَ٦١
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].(61)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلْقَاهِرُl-qāhiru(is) the Subjugator
  3. فَوْقَfawqaover
  4. عِبَادِهِۦ ۖʿibādihiHis slaves
  5. وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand He sends
  6. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
  7. حَفَظَةًḥafaẓatanguardians
  8. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  9. إِذَاidhāwhen
  10. جَآءَjāacomes
  11. أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) anyone of you
  12. ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
  13. تَوَفَّتْهُtawaffathutake him
  14. رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers
  15. وَهُمْwahumand they
  16. لَاlā(do) not
  17. يُفَرِّطُونَyufarriṭūnafail

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