Surah Al-Jathiyah, Ayah 26 (45:26)

ٱلْجَاثِيَة

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ …

Quran 45:26 is ayah 26 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (“The Crouching”), a Meccan surah of 37 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 501 of the Madani Mushaf.

45:26
قُلِٱللَّهُيُحْيِيكُمْثُمَّيُمِيتُكُمْثُمَّيَجْمَعُكُمْإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِلَارَيْبَفِيهِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ٢٦
quli l-lahu yuḥ'yīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajmaʿukum ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

Say, "Allāh causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know."(26)

Word by word

  1. قُلِquliSay
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  3. يُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkumgives you life
  4. ثُمَّthummathen
  5. يُمِيتُكُمْyumītukumcauses you to die
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. يَجْمَعُكُمْyajmaʿukumHe will gather you
  8. إِلَىٰilāto
  9. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
  10. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  11. لَاlāno
  12. رَيْبَraybadoubt
  13. فِيهِfīhiabout it
  14. وَلَٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
  15. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
  16. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
  17. لَاlā(do) not
  18. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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