Surah Qaf, Ayah 22 (50:22)

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

Quran 50:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Qaf (“The Letter "Qaf"”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 519 of the Madani Mushaf.

50:22
لَّقَدْكُنتَفِىغَفْلَةٍمِّنْهَٰذَافَكَشَفْنَاعَنكَغِطَآءَكَفَبَصَرُكَٱلْيَوْمَحَدِيدٌ٢٢
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."(22)

Word by word

  1. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
  2. كُنتَkuntayou were
  3. فِىfīin
  4. غَفْلَةٍghaflatinheedlessness
  5. مِّنْminof
  6. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  7. فَكَشَفْنَاfakashafnāSo We have removed
  8. عَنكَʿankafrom you
  9. غِطَآءَكَghiṭāakayour cover
  10. فَبَصَرُكَfabaṣarukaso your sight
  11. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
  12. حَدِيدٌḥadīdun(is) sharp

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