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Al-Anbiya 21:34 وما جعلنا لبشر من قبلك الخلد افان مت فهم الخالدون ٣٤

21:34
وَمَا
جَعَلۡنَا
لِبَشَرٖ
مِّن
قَبۡلِكَ
ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ
أَفَإِيْن
مِّتَّ
فَهُمُ
ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ
٣٤
(O Muhammad),1 We did not grant everlasting life to any human being even before you. If you were to die, will they live for ever?
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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 الْجَلْـلِ و
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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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Chapter 21, Page 324, Juz 17

34. (O Muhammad), We did not grant everlasting life to any human being even before you. If you were to die, will they live for ever? 35. Every living being shall taste death and We shall subject you to ill and good by way of trial, and to Us shall all of you be eventually sent back. 36. When the unbelievers see you they make you an object of fun, saying: "Is he the one who mentions your gods?" They say so, and yet they reject with disdain the very mention of the Most Compassionate Lord. 37. Man is hasty by nature. I shall certainly show you My Signs. Do not ask Me to be hasty. 38. They say: "(Tell us) when will the threat of punishment come to pass if you are truthful?" 39. If only the unbelievers knew of the Hour when they shall not be able to keep off the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs; nor shall they be helped. 40. That will suddenly come upon them and stupefy them. They shall not be able to ward it off, nor shall they be granted any respite. 41. Other Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who scoffed at the Messengers were overtaken by the same scourge that they had scoffed at.

- A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

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