Surah Anbiya ayat 35 Tafsir Quran 21:35

﴿كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ﴾
[ الأنبياء: 35]

21:35 Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

Every soul shall taste death in this world and We will try you We will test you with ill and good such as poverty and wealth sickness and health as an ordeal fitnatan an object denoting reason in other words for the purpose of seeing whether you will be patient and give thanks or not. And then unto Us you shall be brought back that We may requite you.

Every Soul -no exception- shall taste death and We test you -people- by wedding you to calamities and by making Our grace abound in you to determine your true belief and inclination, your spiritual and moral attributes, your accomplishments, attainments and your way and course of acting, then in the end shall all of you be brought back to Us

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.

(21:35) Every living being has to taste death, *37 and We are putting all of you to trial by passing you through good and bad conditions, *38 and ultimately you shall return to Us,

Every soul will taste death. And We meaning

*37) This is a brief answer to all those warnings and curses with which the Holy Prophet was being threatened and the conspiracies which the Quraish were hatching against him day and night.
On the one hand, the women of the Quraish cursed him because according to them he had ruined their home life by enticing away their kith and kits; while on the other, the chiefs of the Quraish threatened hits with horrible consequences for the propagation of Islam.
After the emigration to Habash especially, which almost affected every home of Makkah, these curses and threats increased alI the more.
This verse is meant to comfort and console the Holy Prophet as well so that he should continue his mission without any fear of their threats.

*38) That is, Allah is always putting human beings to test and trial both through adversity and affluence.
This is to judge whether prosperity makes them proud, cruel and slaves of their lusts or they become grateful to Allah.
On the other hand, He inflicts adversity upon them in order to see whether they remain within the prescribed and lawful limits or become low-spirited and down-hearted.
A sensible person therefore should not be deluded by prosperity and adversity, but should keep their trial element in view and try to pass through it gracefully.

 

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.

( Every soul ) that is possessed of breath ( must taste of death, and We try you ) We test you ( with evil and with good ) with hardship and comfort, ( for ordeal ) both are a test from Allah. ( And unto Us ye will be returned ) after you die and then He will requite you for your works.

Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned.

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