| وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِنْ مِتَّ فَهُمُ الْخَالِدُونَ |
| Asad | : | AND [remind those who deny thee, O Prophet,42 that] never have We granted life everlasting to any mortal before thee:43 but do they, perchance, hope that al-though thou must die, they will live forever?44 |
| Malik | : | O Muhammad, We have not granted immortality to any human before you: so if you are to die, will these unbelievers live forever? |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | We have not granted immortality to any human before you ˹O Prophet˺: so if you die, will they live forever? |
| Pickthall | : | We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die would they live permanently? 2696 |
| Transliteration | : | Wama jaAAalna libasharin min qablika alkhulda afain mitta fahumu alkhalidoona |
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This relates to the objection of the unbelievers, mentioned in verse {3} of this surah, that Muhammad is "but a mortal like yourselves", and connects also with verses {7-8}, which stress that all of God's apostles were but mortal men (cf. {3: 144}). |
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The obvious implication is, "and so We shall not grant it unto thee, either". Cf. {39: 30}-"thou art bound to die". |
