Surah Al-Waqi'ah — Verse 60

The Inevitable · 56:60 · 60/96

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Nahnu qaddarna baynakumualmawta wama nahnu bimasbooqeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us

Marmaduke Pickthall

We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We have appointed (the times of) death among you, and We cannot be frustrated

Al-Hilali & Khan

We have decreed death to you all, and We are not outstripped,

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

It is We Who ordained death upon you and We are not to be frustrated.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

We have [indeed] decreed that death shall be [ever-present] among you: but there is nothing to prevent Us