The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:34

The Prophets · Verse 34 of 112

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِنْ مِتَّ فَهُمُ الْخَالِدُونَ

Abdul Mannan 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).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?

Ahmed Ali

We have given no man everlastingness before you. So then if you die, will they live ever after?

12 more translations

Ali Unal

We never granted everlasting life to any human being before you (O Messenger); so if you die, will they live forever?

Daryabadi

And We appointed not for any human being before thee immortality; if thou then diest, are they to be immortals?

Faridul Haque

And before you, We did not appoint on earth a never-ending life for any human; will they, if you depart, become immortal?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We granted abiding for ever to no mortal before thee. If thou diest, will they abide?

Maulvi Sher Ali

WE granted not everlasting life to any mortal before thee. If they shouldst die, shall they live here for ever?

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?

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!

Muhammad Sarwar

We made no mortal before you immortal. Will they become immortal after you die?

Muhammed ali Shakir

And We did not ordain abiding for any mortal before you. What! Then if you die, will they abide?

Rashad Khalifa

We never decreed immortality for anyone before you; should you die, are they 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?