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Surah Maryam, Verse 40

سورة مريم، الآية ٤٠

19:40 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 308 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 19:40

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ ۝٤٠

Transliteration

innā naḥnu narithu l-arḍa waman ʿalayhā wa-ilaynā yur'jaʿūna

Translation

Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

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Verse 40 of Surah Maryam (19:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 308 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 40

Al-Mukhtasar

I am the one who will remain after the creation has perished. I shall inherit the earth and those on it, because they will have perished and I will remain after them, and I own them and do with them as I want. To Me alone they shall return on the Day of Judgment to be reckoned and recompensed.

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Other translations of verse 40

It is We Who will inherit the earth and all those who are on it, and to Us they will be returned.

Verily We will inherit the earth and whatsoever is thereon. And to Us they all shall be returned,

Lo! We, only We, inherit the earth and all who are thereon, and unto Us they are returned.

It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us will they all be returned.

Surely We inherit the earth and all those who are on it, and to Us they shall be returned.

Surely, We, Ever We, will inherit the earth and (all) who are upon it, and to Us they will be returned.

Verse 40 word by word

  1. إِنَّا innā Indeed, We
  2. نَحْنُ naḥnu [We]
  3. نَرِثُ narithu [We] will inherit و ر ث
  4. ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth أ ر ض
  5. وَمَنْ waman and whoever
  6. عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā (is) on it
  7. وَإِلَيْنَا wa-ilaynā and to Us
  8. يُرْجَعُونَ yur'jaʿūna they will be returned ر ج ع

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