سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٣٥
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ٣٥
kullu nafsin dhāiqatu l-mawti wanablūkum bil-shari wal-khayri fit'natan wa-ilaynā tur'jaʿūna
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
Verse 35 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:35), 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.
80 recitations by 74 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Every believing and disbelieving soul will taste death in the world. And I test you, O mankind, in the worldly life through duties, blessings and hardships, then after your death you shall be returned to Me alone and nobody else, then I shall reward you for your deeds.
Every soul will taste death; We test you with bad and good as a trial, then to Us you will all be returned.
Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good. And to Us you will be returned.
Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.
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.
Every soul must taste of death and We try you by evil and good by way of probation; and to Us you shall be brought back.
Every self will be tasting of death. And We try you with evil and charity (or: good) for a temptation, and to Us you will be returned.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.
