سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٣٤
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ ٣٤
wamā jaʿalnā libasharin min qablika l-khul'da afa-in mitta fahumu l-khālidūna
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
Verse 34 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:34), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 324 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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O Messenger, I have not given eternity in this life to any human before you. So if your life comes to an end in this life and you pass away, will they live forever after you? Never.
We did not grant immortality to any human being before you [O Prophet]. So if you die, will they live forever?
And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): then if you die, would they live forever?
We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!
We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?
And We did not ordain abiding for any mortal before you. What! Then if you die, will they abide?
And in no way did We make eternity to (Or: for) any mortal even before you. So, in case you die, are they then the eternal ones?
وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ
And how many a sign within the heavens and earth do they pass over while they, therefrom, are turning away.
لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ …
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish, …
