Quran 50:22 — Qaaf, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘You paid no attention to this [Day]; but today We have removed your veil and your sight is sharp.’
لَقَدْ كُنْتَ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنْكَ غِطَاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ
laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāaka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīdun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Thou wast heedless of this; therefore We have now removed from thee thy covering, and so thy sight today is piercing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [and will be told:] “Indeed, unmindful hast thou been of this [Day of Judgment]; but now We have lifted from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight today!”
- Sahih International
- [It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatin | heedlessness | غفل |
| 5 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 6 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 7 | فَكَشَفْنَاfakashafnā | So We have removed | كشف |
| 8 | عَنكَʿanka | from you | — |
| 9 | غِطَآءَكَghiṭāaka | your cover | غطو |
| 10 | فَبَصَرُكَfabaṣaruka | so your sight | بصر |
| 11 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | today | يوم |
| 12 | حَدِيدٌۭḥadīdun | (is) sharp | حدد |