Surah 56 · verse 60
Al-Waqi'ah 56:60
Sign in to listenنَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
nahnu qaddarna baynakum al-mawt wa-ma nahnu bi-masbuqin
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
We have created you, so why do you not believe?
Verse 58أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ
Have you seen that which you emit?
Verse 59أَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الْخَالِقُونَ
Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِي مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
Verse 62وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?
Verse 63أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ
And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?
