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Surah Taha, Verse 55

سورة طه، الآية ٥٥

20:55 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 315 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:55

مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ ۝٥٥

Transliteration

min'hā khalaqnākum wafīhā nuʿīdukum wamin'hā nukh'rijukum tāratan ukh'rā

Translation

From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

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Verse 55 of Surah Taha (20:55), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 315 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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Tafsir of verse 55

Al-Mukhtasar

From the soil of the earth I created your father, Adam (peace be upon him), into it I shall return you by your being buried therein when you pass away, and from it I shall take you out you a second time when you will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment.

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Other translations of verse 55

From this [earth] We created you, and to it We will return you, and from it We will raise you once again.

Thereof (the earth) We created you, and into it We shall return you, and from it We shall bring you out once again.

Thereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We bring you forth a second time.

From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.

From it We created you and into it We shall send you back and from it will We raise you a second time.

Thereof We created you, and We will bring you back into it, and We bring you out of it on another occasion (i.e., a second time).

Verse 55 word by word

  1. مِنْهَا min'hā From it
  2. خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ khalaqnākum We created you خ ل ق
  3. وَفِيهَا wafīhā and in it
  4. نُعِيدُكُمْ nuʿīdukum We will return you ع و د
  5. وَمِنْهَا wamin'hā and from it
  6. نُخْرِجُكُمْ nukh'rijukum We will bring you out خ ر ج
  7. تَارَةً tāratan time ت و ر
  8. أُخْرَىٰ ukh'rā another أ خ ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2955

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them come red, and white and black, and between that, and the thin, the thick, the filthy, and the clean."

"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْضَةٍ قَبَضَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ بَنُو آدَمَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ مِنْهُمُ الأَحْمَرُ وَالأَبْيَضُ وَالأَسْوَدُ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَالسَّهْلُ…

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Verses related to verse 55

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:52

    يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

  • Al-A’raf 7:25

    قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ

    He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

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