Verse 50:19 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
15
أَفَعَیِینَا بِٱلۡخَلۡقِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی لَبۡسࣲ مِّنۡ خَلۡقࣲ جَدِیدࣲ ١٥
afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi l-awali bal hum fī labsin min khalqin jadīdi
So were We incapable of the first creation? No indeed! Yet they doubt a second creation
16
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُۥۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَیۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِیدِ ١٦
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīd
We created man––We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein––
17
إِذۡ یَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّیَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِیدࣱ ١٧
idh yatalaqqā l-mutalaqiyāni ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli qaʿīdu
with two receptors set to record, one on his right side and one on his left
18
مَّا یَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَیۡهِ رَقِیبٌ عَتِیدࣱ ١٨
mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīdu
he does not utter a single word without an ever-present watcher
19
وَجَاۤءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ ذَ ٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِیدُ ١٩
wajāat sakratu l-mawti bil-ḥaqi dhālika mā kunta min'hu taḥīd
The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what you tried to escape.’
20
وَنُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡوَعِیدِ ٢٠
wanufikha fī l-ṣūri dhālika yawmu l-waʿīd
The Trumpet will be sounded: ‘This is the Day [you were] warned of.’
21
وَجَاۤءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ مَّعَهَا سَاۤىِٕقࣱ وَشَهِیدࣱ ٢١
wajāat kullu nafsin maʿahā sāiqun washahīdu
Each person will arrive attended by an [angel] to drive him on and another to bear witness
22
لَّقَدۡ كُنتَ فِی غَفۡلَةࣲ مِّنۡ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفۡنَا عَنكَ غِطَاۤءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ حَدِیدࣱ ٢٢
laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāaka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīdu
‘You paid no attention to this [Day]; but today We have removed your veil and your sight is sharp.’
23
وَقَالَ قَرِینُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَیَّ عَتِیدٌ ٢٣
waqāla qarīnuhu hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīdu
The person’s attendant will say, ‘Here is what I have prepared’
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