Surah Qaf 50:19 — translation and meaning

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ۖ وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَجَاءَتْ
wajaat
And will come
سَكْرَةُ
sakratu
(the) stupor
الْمَوْتِ
al-mawti
(of) death
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in truth
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
مَا
ma
(is) what
كُنتَ
kunta
you were
مِنْهُ
min'hu
[from it]
تَحِيدُ
tahidu
avoiding

Transliteration

Wa jaaa'at kullu nafsim ma'ahaa saaa'iqunw wa shaheed

Translation

And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid. The pangs of death are a reality and will come; there is no escaping from them. O negligent human! That is what you used to turn away from and delay.

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

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