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Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 24

سورة الجاثية، الآية ٢٤

45:24 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 501 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 45:24

وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ۝٢٤

Transliteration

waqālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuh'likunā illā l-dahru wamā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yaẓunnūna

Translation

And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live,1474 and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

Notes

[1474] i.e., some people die and others live, replacing them.

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Verse 24 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (45:24), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 501 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

And the disbelievers who denied the resurrection said: “There is no life besides this worldly life of ours, so there is no life after it. Generations die never to return and other generations come to life. And only the alteration of the night and day is what makes us die”. They have no knowledge for their denial of the resurrection. They are only assuming, and assumptions are of no benefit to the truth.

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Other translations of verse 24

And they say, “There is nothing but our life of this world: we die and we live7, and nothing causes us to die except time.” They have no knowledge of that; they only speculate.

Notes

[7] i.e., some of us die without return, and others are born replacing them.

And they say: "There is nothing but our life of this world, we die and we live and nothing destroys us except Ad-Dahr (time).4 And they have no knowledge of it: they only conjecture.

Notes

[4] (V.45:24) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Allâh said, ‘The son of Adam annoys Me for he abuses Ad-Dahr* (Time) though I am Ad-Dahr (Time); in My Hands are all things, and I cause the revolution of day and night.’ " (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.6, Hadîth No.351).
* ‘I am Ad-Dahr’ means ‘I am the Creator of Time, and I manage the affairs of all creation including Time.’ One should not attribute anything whether cheerful or disastrous to Time, for everything is in the Hands of Allâh and only He is the Disposer of everything.

And they say: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and naught destroyeth us save time; when they have no knowledge whatsoever of (all) that; they do but guess.

And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:

And they say: There is nothing but our life in this world; we live and die and nothing destroys us but time, and they have no knowledge of that; they only conjecture.

And they have said, "In no way is there anything except our present life; (Literally: lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) we die and we live, and in no way is there anything that causes us to perish except Time." And in no way do they have any knowledge about that; decidedly they do nothing except surmise.

Verse 24 word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they say ق و ل
  2. مَا mā Not
  3. هِىَ hiya it
  4. إِلَّا illā (is) but
  5. حَيَاتُنَا ḥayātunā our life ح ي ي
  6. ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world د ن و
  7. نَمُوتُ namūtu we die م و ت
  8. وَنَحْيَا wanaḥyā and we live ح ي ي
  9. وَمَا wamā and not
  10. يُهْلِكُنَآ yuh'likunā destroys us ه ل ك
  11. إِلَّا illā except
  12. ٱلدَّهْرُ l-dahru the time د ه ر
  13. وَمَا wamā And not
  14. لَهُم lahum for them
  15. بِذَٰلِكَ bidhālika of that
  16. مِنْ min any
  17. عِلْمٍ ʿil'min knowledge ع ل م
  18. إِنْ in not
  19. هُمْ hum they
  20. إِلَّا illā (do) but
  21. يَظُنُّونَ yaẓunnūna guess ظ ن ن

Verses related to verse 24

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-A’raf 7:186

    مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِىَ لَهُۥ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    Whoever Allāh sends astray - there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:37

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:20

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَٰهُم مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

    And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

  • Al-An’am 6:29

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

    And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

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