سُوْرَةُ الَّيْلِ

Surah Al-Lail (92) — Ayah 13

The Night · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 595

وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿13﴾
And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).
وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed
لَنَا lanā for Us
لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ lalākhirata (is) the Hereafter
وَٱلْأُولَىٰ wal-ūlā and the first (life)

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(Ayah 13){ وَ اِنَّ لَنَا لَلْاٰخِرَةَ وَ الْاُوْلٰى:} Why is it only our responsibility to show the way? Because we are the Creator and Owner of both this world and the Hereafter, so we alone know their path.

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13. 1. That is, We alone are the Owners of both, We dispose of them as We will, therefore whoever seeks either of them or both should ask from Us alone, because We give to every seeker according to Our will.

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13. And to Us belong the Hereafter and the present world (both) [6].

[6] That is, We are the owners of the Hereafter as well as the world. Now, whoever seeks only the world from Us, We give him only as much of the world as We will, and whoever seeks the Hereafter from Us, We certainly grant him the Hereafter, and also give him as much of the world as is destined for him.