Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And it is not for a soul to die, save by the leave of God, at a writ determined. And whoso desires the reward of the World, We give him thereof; and whoso desires the reward of the Hereafter, We give him thereof; and We reward the grateful.

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ اَنْ تَمُوتَ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ كِتَاباً مُؤَجَّلاًۜ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِه۪ مِنْهَاۚ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الْاٰخِرَةِ نُؤْتِه۪ مِنْهَاۜ وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِر۪ينَ
Wama kana linafsin an tamootailla bi-ithni Allahi kitabanmu-ajjalan waman yurid thawaba addunyanu/tihi minha waman yurid thawaba al-akhiratinu/tihi minha wasanajzee ashshakireen
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1wamāAnd not
2kānaisكون
3linafsinfor a soulنفس
4anthat
5tamūtahe diesموت
6illāexcept
7bi-idh'niby (the) permissionاذن
8l-lahi(of) Allah
9kitāban(at a) decreeكتب
10mu-ajjalandeterminedاجل
11wamanAnd whoever
12yuriddesiresرود
13thawābarewardثوب
14l-dun'yā(of) the world دنو
15nu'tihiWe will give himاتي
16min'hāthereof
17wamanand whoever
18yuriddesiresرود
19thawābarewardثوب
20l-ākhirati(of) the Hereafterاخر
21nu'tihiWe will give himاتي
22min'hāthereof
23wasanajzīAnd We will rewardجزي
24l-shākirīnathe grateful onesشكر
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