Surah An-Najm

Quran 53:44

Read Quran 53:44 from Surah An-Najm (The Star) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 53:44

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا٤٤

And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
53. An-Najm (The Star)
Ayah
44 of 62
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
53:44

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 53:44

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

{ وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا } أي: هو المنفرد بالإيجاد والإعدام، والذي أوجد الخلق وأمرهم ونهاهم، سيعيدهم بعد موتهم، ويجازيهم بتلك الأعمال التي عملوها في دار الدنيا.