The Quran

سورة القَمَر

Surah Al-Qamar 54:50

The Moon · Verse 50 of 55

وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Our command is (at once carried out by) only one (word) as quickly as the twinkling of an eye.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.

Ahmed Ali

And Our command is but one (word) swift as the winking of an eye.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And Our commanding is not other than a single (command), like the twinkling of an eye.

Daryabadi

And Our commandment shall be but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

Faridul Haque

And Our command is only a fleeting one – like the batting of an eyelid.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And Our command is but once, as the twinkling of an eye.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And Our command is carried out by only one Word as the twinkling of an eye.

Muhammad Asad

and Our ordaining [a thing and its coming into being] is but one [act], like the twinkling of an eye.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And Our Commandment is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

Muhammad Pickthall

And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.

Muhammad Sarwar

It takes only a single command from Us (to bring the Day of Judgment) and that can be achieved within the twinkling of an eye.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

Rashad Khalifa

Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.

Shabbir Ahmed

And Our command is but a single Word, like the twinkling of an eye.