Surah Qaf 50:11 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۚ رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَلِكَ الْخُرُوجُ

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ۚ
رِّزْقًا
riz'qan
A provision
لِّلْعِبَادِ
lil'ibadi
for the slaves
وَأَحْيَيْنَا
wa-ahyayna
and We give life
بِهِ
bihi
therewith
بَلْدَةً
baldatan
(to) a land
مَّيْتًا
maytan
dead
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
الْخُرُوجُ
al-khuruju
(will be) the coming forth

Transliteration

Rizqal lil'ibaad, wa ahyainaa bihee baldatam maitaa; kazaalikal khurooj

Translation

As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the resurrection.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I cause all that to grow, as provision for the servants so that they can eat from it. I also revive through the rainwater barren lands which have no growth, and just as I revive the barren earth I will also revive the dead who will emerge alive.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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