Quran 54:50 — Al-Qamar, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
when We ordain something it happens at once, in the blink of an eye;
وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ
wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣari
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Our commandment is but one word, as the twinkling of an eye.
- Muhammad Asad
- and Our ordaining [a thing and its coming into being] is but one [act], like the twinkling of an eye.
- Sahih International
- And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَمْرُنَآamrunā | (is) Our Command | أمر |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 4 | وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatun | one | وحد |
| 5 | كَلَمْحٍۭkalamḥin | like the twinkling | لمح |
| 6 | بِٱلْبَصَرِbil-baṣari | (of) the eye | بصر |