Surah Anbiya ayat 34 Tafsir Quran 21:34

﴿وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ الْخَالِدُونَ﴾
[ الأنبياء: 34]

21:34 And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

When the disbelievers said that Muhammad (s) would die the following was revealed And We did not assign to any human being before you immortality permanence of life in this world. What if you are fated to die will they be immortal? in it? No! The last sentence constitutes the syntactical locus of the interrogative of denial.

And never did We destine a human being before you O Muhammad to escape death or live forever -you are no exception-. Is it then that when you die they shall live forever

No One has been granted Immortality in this World وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ( And We granted not to any human being immortality before you; ) means, O Muhammad. الْخُلْدَ ( immortality ) means, in this world.
On the contrary, كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ - وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلْـلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ ( Whatsoever is on it (the earth ) will perish.
And the Face of your Lord full of majesty and honor will remain forever.) 55:26-27. أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ ( then if you die ) means, O Muhammad, فَهُمُ الْخَـلِدُونَ ( would they live forever ) means, they hope that they will live forever after you, but that will not happen; everything will pass away.
So Allah says: كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ( Everyone is going to taste death, ) وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ( and We shall test you with evil and with good by way of trial.
) Meaning, "We shall test you, sometimes with difficulties and sometimes with ease, to see who will give thanks and who will be ungrateful, who will have patience and who will despair." `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas: وَنَبْلُوكُم ( and We shall test you ) means, We will test you, بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ( with evil and with good by way of trial. ) means, with difficulties and with times of prosperity, with health and sickness, with richness and poverty, with lawful and unlawful, obedience and sin, with guidance and misguidance. وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ( And to Us you will be returned. ) means, and We will requite you according to your deeds.

(21:34) And, *36 O Muhammad, no man have We made immortal before you; then, if you die, will they live on for ever?

And We did not grant to any meaning

*36) From here the same theme of the conflict between the Holy Prophet and the disbelievers, that was interrupted by vv.
19-33, has been resumed.

 

No One has been granted Immortality in this World وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ( And We granted not to any human being immortality before you; ) means, O Muhammad. الْخُلْدَ ( immortality ) means, in this world.
On the contrary, كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ - وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلْـلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ ( Whatsoever is on it (the earth ) will perish.
And the Face of your Lord full of majesty and honor will remain forever.) 55:26-27. أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ ( then if you die ) means, O Muhammad, فَهُمُ الْخَـلِدُونَ ( would they live forever ) means, they hope that they will live forever after you, but that will not happen; everything will pass away.
So Allah says: كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ( Everyone is going to taste death, ) وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ( and We shall test you with evil and with good by way of trial.
) Meaning, "We shall test you, sometimes with difficulties and sometimes with ease, to see who will give thanks and who will be ungrateful, who will have patience and who will despair." `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas: وَنَبْلُوكُم ( and We shall test you ) means, We will test you, بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ( with evil and with good by way of trial. ) means, with difficulties and with times of prosperity, with health and sickness, with richness and poverty, with lawful and unlawful, obedience and sin, with guidance and misguidance. وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ( And to Us you will be returned. ) means, and We will requite you according to your deeds.

( We appointed ) We have created ( immortality ) in this worldly life ( for no mortal ) among the prophets ( before thee. What! if thou diest ) O Muhammad, ( can they be immortal ) in this worldly life? This verse was revealed when they said: we will wait until Muhammad dies and then we will find rest.

And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad SAW), then if you die, would they live forever?

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