كُلُّ
نَفۡسٖ
ذَآئِقَةُ
ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ
وَنَبۡلُوكُم
بِٱلشَّرِّ
وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ
فِتۡنَةٗۖ
وَإِلَيۡنَا
تُرۡجَعُونَ
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Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.
— M. Pickthall
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
— Saheeh International
Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. to Us must ye return.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
No One has been granted Immortality in this World
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ
(And We granted not to any human being immortality before you;) means, O Muhammad.
الْخُلْدَ
(immortality) means, in this world. On the contrary,
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ - وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلْلِ وَ
…No One has been granted Immortality in this World
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ
(And We granted not to any human being immortality before you;)
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