21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 34
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَۜ اَفَا۬ئِنْ مِتَّ فَهُمُ الْخَالِدُونَ
Wama jaAAalna libasharin minqablika alkhulda afa-in mitta fahumu alkhalidoon
We did not give any human being before you immortality. And if you die, will they then be immortal?
- Progressive Muslims
And We did not give immortality to any human that came before you. If you are going to die, would they be immortal
- Shabbir Ahmed
(All things in the Universe are but mortal). We have never granted everlasting life to any human before you. If you die, can they be immortal?
- Sam Gerrans
And We appointed not eternity for a mortal before thee; if then thou wilt die, then are they eternal?
- The Monotheist Group
AndWe did not give immortality to any human being that came before you. If you are going to die, would they be immortal?
- Edip-Layth
We did not give immortality to any human that came before you. If you are going to die, would they be immortal?
- Aisha Bewley
We did not give any human being before you immortality. And if you die, will they then be immortal?
- Rashad Khalifa
We never decreed immortality for anyone before you; should you die, are they immortal?
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
We have given no man everlastingness before you. So then if you die, will they live ever after?
- Sahih International
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
- Muhammad Asad
AND [remind those who deny thee, O Prophet, that] never have We granted life everlasting to any mortal before thee: but do they, perchance, hope that although thou must die, they will live forever?"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
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!
- Bijan Moeinian
I have not made an immortal human being before you (Mohammad. ) Now, if you die, will they live forever?
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): then if you die, would they live forever?
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?
- Mustafa Khattab
We have not granted immortality to any human before you ˹O Prophet˺: so if you die, will they live forever?
- Taqi Usmani
We did not assign immortality to any human (even) before you. So, if you die, will they live for ever?
- Abdul Haleem
We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever?
- Arthur John Arberry
We have not assigned to any mortal before thee to live forever; therefore, if thou diest, will they live forever?
- E. Henry Palmer
We never made for any mortal before thee immortality; what, if thou shouldst die, will they live on for aye?
- Hamid S. Aziz
He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, they float each in their orbit.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way did We make eternity to (Or: for) any mortal even before you. So, in case you die, are they then the eternal ones?
- George Sale
We have not granted unto any man before thee, eternal permanency in this world; if thou die therefore, will they be immortal?
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And we did not give permanent life to any man before you (in the world): Then if you should die, can they live permanently?
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And We have not assigned to any human being before you an unusually prolonged life. If you should die shall they live unusually long while (here).
- Ali Quli Qarai
We did not give immortality to any human before you. If you are fated to die, will they live on forever?