سورة النّحل
Surah Al-Nahl 16:21
The Bee · Verse 21 of 128
أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
They are dead, not alive. And they do not perceive when they shall be raised (to life again).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be raised up.
Ahmed Ali
Dead, without life they are, and do not know when they will be raised.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Dead (they are), not living (nor can they give life, being themselves in need of it). And they do not know when they will be raised to life.
Daryabadi
Dead are they, not alive; and they perceive not when they will be raised up.
Faridul Haque
They are dead, not alive; and they do not know when will the people be raised.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Dead (are they), not living. And they know not when they will be raised.
Maulvi Sher Ali
They are dead, not living; and they know not when they will be raised.
Muhammad Asad
they are dead, not living, and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead!
Muhammad Musin Khan
(They are) dead, lifeless, and they know not when they will be raised up.
Muhammad Pickthall
(They are) dead, not living. And they know not when they will be raised.
Muhammad Sarwar
They are not living but are dead. They can not know when they will be raised.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Dead (are they), not living, and they know not when they shall be raised.
Rashad Khalifa
They are dead, not alive, and they have no idea how or when they will be resurrected.
Shabbir Ahmed
(Powerless are the so-called saints, mystics and monks, whom you make holier and holier with the passage of time.) They are dead, disintegrated bodies, not living. They are not even aware when they will be raised.