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Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 40

سورة القيامة، الآية ٤٠

75:40 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 578 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 75:40

أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۝٤٠

Transliteration

alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawtā

Translation

Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

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Verse 40 of Surah Al-Qiyamah (75:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 578 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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Tafsir of verse 40

Al-Mukhtasar

Is not the One Who created man from a drop, then a clot, able to give life once again to the dead for the reckoning and recompense?! Indeed, He is able to do so.

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Other translations of verse 40

Is not He able to bring the dead back to life?

Is not He (Allâh Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?

Is not He able to give life to the dead?

Is He (Literally: That) not (always) Determiner over giving life to the dead?

Verse 40 word by word

  1. أَلَيْسَ alaysa Is not ل ي س
  2. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika [that]
  3. بِقَٰدِرٍ biqādirin (He) Able ق د ر
  4. عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā [over]
  5. أَن an to
  6. يُحْـِۧىَ yuḥ'yiya give life ح ي ي
  7. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ l-mawtā (to) the dead م و ت

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 884

A man used to pray on the roof of his house. When he recited the verse “Is not He able to bring the dead to life?” [Surah al-Qiyamah:42] he would say: ”Glory be to You, then, why not?” They asked him about it, and he replied: "I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)". Abu Dawud said : Ahmad (b…

رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي فَوْقَ بَيْتِهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ ‏‏{‏ أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى ‏}‏ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ فَبَلَى

Weak Sunan Abu Dawud 887

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When one of you recites "By the fig and the olive" (Surah 95) and comes to its end "Is not Allah the best judge?" (verse 8), he should say: "Certainly, and I am one of those who testify to that." When one recites "I swear by the Day of Resurrection" (Surah 75) and…

مَنْ قَرَأَ مِنْكُمْ ‏‏{‏ وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ ‏}‏ فَانْتَهَى إِلَى آخِرِهَا ‏‏{‏ أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ ‏}‏ فَلْيَقُلْ بَلَى وَأَنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ ‏‏{‏ لاَ…

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Verses related to verse 40

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ar-Rum 30:27

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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  • Al-Ahqaf 46:33

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

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