Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 80 (23:80)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخْتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Quran 23:80 is ayah 80 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 347 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:80
وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيُحْىِۦوَيُمِيتُوَلَهُٱخْتِلَٰفُٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ٨٠
wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūna

And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?(80)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
  4. وَيُمِيتُwayumītuand causes death
  5. وَلَهُwalahuand for Him
  6. ٱخْتِلَٰفُikh'tilāfu(is the) alternation
  7. ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
  8. وَٱلنَّهَارِ ۚwal-nahāriand the day
  9. أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
  10. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou reason

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