Surah Qaf (ق) • The Letter "Qaf"

Quran 50:22

50:22

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāaka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīdun

[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

— Saheeh International

‘You paid no attention to this [Day]; but today We have removed your veil and your sight is sharp.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(It will be said to the sinners): "Indeed you were heedless of this. Now We have removed from you your covering, and sharp is your sight this Day!"

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

Juz 26Page 519meccan

Word by Word

لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
كُنتَkuntayou were
فِىfīin
غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
مِّنْminof
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
فَكَشَفْنَاfakashafnāSo We have removed
عَنكَʿankafrom you
غِطَآءَكَghiṭāakayour cover
فَبَصَرُكَfabaṣarukaso your sight
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
حَدِيدٌۭḥadīdun(is) sharp