Surah Qaf, Ayah 19 (50:19)

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وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Quran 50:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Qaf (“The Letter "Qaf"”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 519 of the Madani Mushaf.

50:19
وَجَآءَتْسَكْرَةُٱلْمَوْتِبِٱلْحَقِّ ۖذَٰلِكَمَاكُنتَمِنْهُتَحِيدُ١٩
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.(19)

Word by word

  1. وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd will come
  2. سَكْرَةُsakratu(the) stupor
  3. ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti(of) death
  4. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqiin truth
  5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  6. مَاmā(is) what
  7. كُنتَkuntayou were
  8. مِنْهُmin'hu[from it]
  9. تَحِيدُtaḥīduavoiding

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