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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 30

سورة الزمر، الآية ٣٠

39:30 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 461 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:30

إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُم مَّيِّتُونَ ۝٣٠

Transliteration

innaka mayyitun wa-innahum mayyitūna

Translation

Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.

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Verse 30 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:30), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 461 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 30

Al-Mukhtasar

You, O Messenger, will certainly pass away and they will too.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Az-Zumar

Other translations of verse 30

You [O Prophet] will surely die, and they too will die;

Verily you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) will die, and verily they (too) will die.

Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;

Truly thou wilt die (one day), and truly they (too) will die (one day).

Surely you shall die and they (too) shall surely die.

Surely you will be dead: and surely they (also) will be dead.

Verse 30 word by word

  1. إِنَّكَ innaka Indeed, you
  2. مَيِّتٌ mayyitun will die م و ت
  3. وَإِنَّهُم wa-innahum and indeed, they
  4. مَّيِّتُونَ mayyitūna (will also) die م و ت

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3667

(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died while Abu Bakr was at a place called As-Sunah (Al-'Aliya) 'Umar stood up and said, "By Allah! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is not dead!" 'Umar (later on) said, "By Allah! Nothing occurred to my mind except that." He said, "Verily! Allah will resurrect…

أَلاَ مَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ مَاتَ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ حَىٌّ لاَ يَمُوتُ‏.‏ وَقَالَ ‏‏{‏إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ‏}‏ وَقَالَ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2462

When Allah took away the soul of His Prophet at his death, the Ansar assembled In the shed of Bani Sa`ida. I said to Abu Bakr, "Let us go." So, we come to them (i.e. to Ansar) at the shed of Bani Sa`ida. (See Hadith No. 19, Vol. 5 for details)

حِينَ تَوَفَّى اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّ الأَنْصَارَ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ، فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا‏.‏ فَجِئْنَاهُمْ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ‏.‏

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb + 17 other versions

Other hadiths (2)

Verses related to verse 30

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ali ’Imran 3:144

    وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ أَفَإِي۟ن مَّاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ وَمَن يَنقَلِبْ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَن يَضُرَّ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا وَسَيَجْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

    Muḥammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allāh at all; but Allāh will reward the grateful.

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