سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 61
وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ ﴿61﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He is the Irresistible, (Supreme) over His slaves, and He sends guardians (angels guarding and writing all of one’s good and bad deeds) over you, until when death approaches one of you, Our Messengers (angel of death and his assistants) take his soul, and they never neglect their duty.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلْقَاهِرُ
l-qāhiru
(is) the Subjugator
فَوْقَ
fawqa
over
عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ
ʿibādihi
His slaves
وَيُرْسِلُ
wayur'silu
and He sends
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
over you
حَفَظَةً
ḥafaẓatan
guardians
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَآءَ
jāa
comes
أَحَدَكُمُ
aḥadakumu
(to) anyone of you
ٱلْمَوْتُ
l-mawtu
the death
تَوَفَّتْهُ
tawaffathu
take him
رُسُلُنَا
rusulunā
Our messengers
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
لَا
lā
(do) not
يُفَرِّطُونَ
yufarriṭūna
fail
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
61. 1. That is, in this entrusted task and in the protection of the soul, in fact, that angel, if the dying person is righteous, sends his soul to عِلِّیِّیْنَ, and if he is wicked, then to سِجِّیْنَ.
