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Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 12 (36:12)

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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ …

Quran 36:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 440 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:12
إِنَّانَحْنُنُحْىِٱلْمَوْتَىٰوَنَكْتُبُمَاقَدَّمُوا۟وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ ۚوَكُلَّشَىْءٍأَحْصَيْنَٰهُفِىٓإِمَامٍمُّبِينٍ١٢
innā naḥnu nuḥ'yī l-mawtā wanaktubu mā qaddamū waāthārahum wakulla shayin aḥṣaynāhu fī imāmin mubīnin

Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.(12)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
  2. نَحْنُnaḥnu[We]
  3. نُحْىِnuḥ'yī[We] give life
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā(to) the dead
  5. وَنَكْتُبُwanaktubuand We record
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. قَدَّمُوا۟qaddamūthey have sent before
  8. وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ ۚwaāthārahumand their footprints
  9. وَكُلَّwakullaand every
  10. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  11. أَحْصَيْنَٰهُaḥṣaynāhuWe have enumerated it
  12. فِىٓfīin
  13. إِمَامٍimāmina Register
  14. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

Tafsir (commentary) of 36:12

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