Meaning: take them in death · Also translated as: and cause us to die, We cause you to die, pass away, die
Forms in the Quran
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم×4
يَتَوَفَّى×4
نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ×3
يُتَوَفَّوْنَ×2
وَتَوَفَّنَا×2
تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ×2
يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ×1
تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الوافي: الذي بلغ التمام. يقال: درهم واف، وكيل واف، وأوفيت الكيل والوزن. قال تعالى:
الواو والفاء والحرف المعتل: كلمة تدل على إكمال وإتمام. منه الوفاء: إتمام العهد وإكمال الشرط. ووفى: أوفى، فهو وفي. ويقولون: أوفيتك الشيء، إذا قضيته إياه وافيا. وتوفيت الشيء واستوفيته ; [إذا أخذته كله] حتى لم تترك منه شيئا. ومنه يقال للميت: توفاه الله.
It is God that takes
The souls (of men) at death;
And those that die not
(He takes) during their sleep:
Those on whom He
Has passed the decree
Of death, He keeps back
(From returning to life),
But the rest He sends
(To their bodies)
For a term appointed.
Verily in this are Signs
For those who reflect.
It is He Who has
Created you from dust,
Then from a sperm-drop,
Then from a leech-like clot;
Then does He get you
Out (into the light)
As a child: then lets you
(Grow and) reach your age
Of full strength; then
Lets you become old,—
Though of you there are
Some who die before;—
And lets you reach
A Term appointed;
In order that ye
May learn wisdom.
So persevere in patience;
For the Promise of God
Is true: and whether
We show thee (in this life)
Some part of what We
Promise them,—or We
Take thy soul (to Our Mercy)
(Before that),—(in any case)
It is to Us that
They shall (all) return.