سورة قٓ
Surah Qâf 50:4
Allâh is Almighty · Verse 4 of 45
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
We know how much of them the earth consumes (and how much it adds to them). We have with Us a book that preserves (everything - the Law of conservation).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account).
Ahmed Ali
We know what the earth consumes of them, for We have the Book that preserves everything.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
We know for certain whatever the earth corrodes of them (to the most minute particle); with Us there is a book recording and preserving (incorruptibly).
Daryabadi
Surely We know that which the earth consumeth of them, and with Us is, Book preserved.
Faridul Haque
We know all what the earth decreases from them; and with Us is a Book that retains.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them and with Us is a book that preserves.
Maulvi Sher Ali
WE know how much the earth diminishes of them and how much it adds to them, and with US is a Book that preserves everything.
Muhammad Asad
Well do We know how the earth consumes their bodies, for with Us is a record unfailing.
Muhammad Musin Khan
We know that which the earth takes of them (their dead bodies), and with Us is a Book preserved (i.e. the Book of Decrees).
Muhammad Pickthall
We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
Muhammad Sarwar
We already know how much of them (of their bodies) the earth will consume. With Us there is a Book that contains all records.
Muhammed ali Shakir
We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a writing that preserves.
Rashad Khalifa
We are fully aware of anyone of them who gets consumed by the earth; we have an accurate record.
Shabbir Ahmed
We know what the earth takes of them. And with Us is a Book of Record.
Commentary 50:4 The Divine Law of Conservation of actions is being pointed out to us in “We have with Us a Book that preserves” وَعِندَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ. Although the…
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ
50:4 The Divine Law of Conservation of actions is being pointed out to us in “We have with Us a Book that preserves” وَعِندَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ. Although the past appears to us as “gone”, our understanding of the concept of time is limited and every detail of the past, every action, every sound and every word that is being uttered will be conserved (cf. verse 17-18). “Do not follow and utter that of which you have no knowledge. Surely, the ear and eye and the heart, of all these, shall be called upon to account for it” (17:36). “Everything they did is (recorded) in scrolls, and everything, small and big, has been noted down” (54:53; 55:39)