Surah Qaf (ق) • The Letter "Qaf"

Quran 50:19

50:19

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

wajāat sakratu l-mawti bil-ḥaqi dhālika mā kunta min'hu taḥīdu

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

— Saheeh International

The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what you tried to escape.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the stupor of death will come in truth: "This is what you have been avoiding!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 26Page 519meccan

Word by Word

وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd will come
سَكْرَةُsakratu(the) stupor
ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti(of) death
بِٱلْحَقِّۖbil-ḥaqiin truth
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
مَاmā(is) what
كُنتَkuntayou were
مِنْهُmin'hu[from it]
تَحِيدُtaḥīduavoiding