Luqman, Lukman 31:28

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Arabic English Morphology
مَّا
Not Prep
(is) your creation Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
your resurrection Noun
إِلَّا illā
but Prep
كَنَفْسٍ kanafsin
as a soul Noun
وَٰحِدَةٍ wāḥidatin
single Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
Allah Noun
سَمِيعٌۢ samīʿun
(is) All-Hearer Noun
بَصِيرٌ baṣīrun
All-Seer Noun

Creating and resurrecting all of you is only like creating or resurrecting a single soul: God is all hearing and all seeing

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

مَّا خَلۡقُكُمۡ وَلَا بَعۡثُكُمۡ إِلَّا كَنَفۡسࣲ وَ ٰحِدَةٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِیعُۢ بَصِیرٌ ۝٢٨

mā khalqukum walā baʿthukum illā kanafsin wāḥidatin inna l-laha samīʿun baṣīru