Surah Qaf 50:4 — translation and meaning
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ۖ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَعِندَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ
Word by Word
ۖ
قَدْ
qad
Certainly
عَلِمْنَا
alim'na
We know
مَا
ma
what
تَنقُصُ
tanqusu
diminishes
الْأَرْضُ
al-ardu
the earth
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
وَعِندَنَا
wa'indana
and with Us
كِتَابٌ
kitabun
(is) a Book
حَفِيظٌ
hafizun
guarded
Transliteration
Qad 'alimnaa maa tanqu-sul-ardu minhum wa 'indanaa Kitaabun Hafeez
Translation
We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Verily, I know how much of their bodies the earth eats away after their death; it is not hidden from Me. I have a book that preserves everything I have decreed for them in their lives and after their deaths.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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