ٱلْمُلْك : ٢

  • ٱلَّذِي The One Who
  • خَلَقَ created
  • ٱلۡمَوۡتَ death
  • وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ and life
  • لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ that He may test you
  • أَيُّكُمۡ which of you
  • أَحۡسَنُ (is) best
  • عَمَلٗاۚ (in) deed
  • وَهُوَ And He
  • ٱلۡعَزِيزُ (is) the All-Mighty
  • ٱلۡغَفُورُ the Oft-Forgiving
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
[He] Who created death, in this world, and life, in the Hereafter - or both of them in this world, since the sperm-drop is imbued with life, [life being] that [power] by which sensation becomes possible, death being the opposite of this or the non-existence of it - these being two [alternative] opinions; in the case of the latter [life in the Hereafter], 'creation' implies 'ordainment' - that He may try you, that He may test you in [this] life, [to see] which of you is best in conduct, [which of you] is most obedient to God, and He is the Mighty, in His vengeance against those who disobey Him, the Forgiving, to those who repent to Him;