Quran 50:19 — Qaaf, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what you tried to escape.’
وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
wajāat sakratu l-mawti bil-ḥaqi dhālika mā kunta min'hu taḥīdu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And death's agony comes in truth; that is what thou wast shunning!
- Muhammad Asad
- And [then,] the twilight of death brings with it the [full] truth that [very thing, O man,] from which thou wouldst always look away! –
- Sahih International
- And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَآءَتْwajāat | And will come | جيأ |
| 2 | سَكْرَةُsakratu | (the) stupor | سكر |
| 3 | ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti | (of) death | موت |
| 4 | بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqi | in truth | حقق |
| 5 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 6 | مَاmā | (is) what | — |
| 7 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 8 | مِنْهُmin'hu | [from it] | — |
| 9 | تَحِيدُtaḥīdu | avoiding | حيد |