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Surah Al-Mulk, Ayah 2 (67:2)

ٱلْمُلْك

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ …

Quran 67:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Al-Mulk (“The Sovereignty”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 562 of the Madani Mushaf.

67:2
ٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلْمَوْتَوَٱلْحَيَوٰةَلِيَبْلُوَكُمْأَيُّكُمْأَحْسَنُعَمَلًا ۚوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْغَفُورُ٢
alladhī khalaqa l-mawta wal-ḥayata liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghafūru

[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -(2)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
  2. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  3. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtadeath
  4. وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَwal-ḥayataand life
  5. لِيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumthat He may test you
  6. أَيُّكُمْayyukumwhich of you
  7. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
  8. عَمَلًا ۚʿamalan(in) deed
  9. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  10. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
  11. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Oft-Forgiving

Tafsir (commentary) of 67:2

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