Surah Qaf 50:45 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۖ
نَّحْنُ
nahnu
We
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
know best
بِمَا
bima
[of] what
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
they say
وَمَا
wama
and not
أَنتَ
anta
(are) you
عَلَيْهِم
alayhim
over them
بِجَبَّارٍ
bijabbarin
the one to compel
فَذَكِّرْ
fadhakkir
But remind
بِالْقُرْآنِ
bil-qur'ani
with the Quran
مَن
man
whoever
يَخَافُ
yakhafu
fears
وَعِيدِ
wa'idi
My threat

Transliteration

Nahnu a'lamu bimaa yaqooloona wa maaa anta 'alihim bijabbaarin fazakkir bil quraani many yakhaafu wa'eed

Translation

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant. But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I know best what these deniers say. And you are not imposed on them, O Messenger, to force them to accept faith. You are only a conveyer of what Allah has ordered you to convey, so remind through the Qur’ān he who fears my warning to the disbelievers and the sinful, because the fearful is the one who takes advice and takes reminders when reminded.

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

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