Surah Maryam, Ayah 40 (19:40)

مَرْيَم

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Quran 19:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 308 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:40
إِنَّانَحْنُنَرِثُٱلْأَرْضَوَمَنْعَلَيْهَاوَإِلَيْنَايُرْجَعُونَ٤٠
innā naḥnu narithu l-arḍa waman ʿalayhā wa-ilaynā yur'jaʿūna

Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.(40)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
  2. نَحْنُnaḥnu[We]
  3. نَرِثُnarithu[We] will inherit
  4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  5. وَمَنْwamanand whoever
  6. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā(is) on it
  7. وَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāand to Us
  8. يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnathey will be returned

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