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Tafsir

Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Anbya 21:35

Word by word

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

كل نفس ذائقة الموت لا محالة مهما عُمِّرت في الدنيا. وما وجودها في الحياة إلا ابتلاء بالتكاليف أمرًا ونهيًا، وبتقلب الأحوال خيرًا وشرًا، ثم المآل والمرجع بعد ذلك إلى الله - وحده - للحساب والجزاء.

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