سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 60
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا جَرَحْتُم بِٱلنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُكُمْ فِيهِ لِيُقْضَىٰٓ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿60﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
It is He Who takes your souls by night (when you are asleep), and has knowledge of all that you have done by day, then He raises (wakes) you up again that a term appointed (your life period) be fulfilled, then (in the end) unto Him will be your return. Then He will inform you of that which you used to do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم
yatawaffākum
takes your (soul)
بِٱلَّيْلِ
bi-al-layli
by the night
وَيَعْلَمُ
wayaʿlamu
and He knows
مَا
mā
what
جَرَحْتُم
jaraḥtum
you committed
بِٱلنَّهَارِ
bil-nahāri
by the day
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
يَبْعَثُكُمْ
yabʿathukum
He raises you up
فِيهِ
fīhi
therein
لِيُقْضَىٰٓ
liyuq'ḍā
so that is fulfilled
أَجَلٌۭ
ajalun
(the) term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۖ
musamman
specified
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to Him
مَرْجِعُكُمْ
marjiʿukum
will be your return
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُنَبِّئُكُم
yunabbi-ukum
He will inform you
بِمَا
bimā
about what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
do
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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60. He is the One who takes your souls by night (in sleep), and He knows what you have done by day. Then He raises you up therein (by day) so that a fixed term (of life) may be completed. Then to Him is your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do.
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Types of Souls and Evidence for Resurrection:
There are two types of souls: one is animal, the other is spiritual or nafsani (related to the self). At night or during sleep, the nafsani soul leaves the body. Regarding this, Allah Almighty has said that He seizes it. The effect of this soul separating from the body is that a person's hearing, sight, and heart and mind stop functioning, but the animal soul remains in the body, due to which blood circulation continues in the person and he keeps breathing. After sleep is complete or when the sleeping person is awakened, the nafsani soul also returns to the body. The relationship between these two types of souls is such that if either soul ends or is seized, the other automatically ends as well, and death occurs to the person. It is as if half of death has already overtaken a sleeping person. That is why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called sleep the sister of death. Allah Almighty has mentioned this reality in this verse, and from this reality, He has argued for another great reality, which is that just as Allah seizes your nafsani soul at night and then sends it back to your body in the morning, similarly, at the time of death, He seizes your soul, and when the Day of Resurrection is established, He will send that same soul back and raise you up from your graves.
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Types of Souls and Evidence for Resurrection:
There are two types of souls: one is animal, the other is spiritual or nafsani (related to the self). At night or during sleep, the nafsani soul leaves the body. Regarding this, Allah Almighty has said that He seizes it. The effect of this soul separating from the body is that a person's hearing, sight, and heart and mind stop functioning, but the animal soul remains in the body, due to which blood circulation continues in the person and he keeps breathing. After sleep is complete or when the sleeping person is awakened, the nafsani soul also returns to the body. The relationship between these two types of souls is such that if either soul ends or is seized, the other automatically ends as well, and death occurs to the person. It is as if half of death has already overtaken a sleeping person. That is why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called sleep the sister of death. Allah Almighty has mentioned this reality in this verse, and from this reality, He has argued for another great reality, which is that just as Allah seizes your nafsani soul at night and then sends it back to your body in the morning, similarly, at the time of death, He seizes your soul, and when the Day of Resurrection is established, He will send that same soul back and raise you up from your graves.
