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Surah Qaf, Verse 11

سورة ق، الآية ١١

50:11 Juz 26 Hizb 52 Page 518 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 50:11

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ ۝١١

Transliteration

riz'qan lil'ʿibādi wa-aḥyaynā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika l-khurūju

Translation

As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].

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Verse 11 of Surah Qaf (50:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 26, on page 518 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 11

Al-Mukhtasar

I cause all that to grow, as provision for the servants so that they can eat from it. I also revive through the rainwater barren lands which have no growth, and just as I revive the barren earth I will also revive the dead who will emerge alive.

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Other translations of verse 11

as a provision for people, and We revive thereby a dead land; likewise will be the resurrection.

A provision for (Allâh’s) slaves. And We give life therewith to a dead land. Thus will be the resurrection (of the dead).

Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.

As sustenance for (Allah's) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.

A sustenance for the servants, and We give life thereby to a dead land; thus is the rising.

A provision for the bondmen; and therewith We give life to a deceased country. Thus is the going out (of the graves).

Verse 11 word by word

  1. رِّزْقًا riz'qan A provision ر ز ق
  2. لِّلْعِبَادِ lil'ʿibādi for the slaves ع ب د
  3. وَأَحْيَيْنَا wa-aḥyaynā and We give life ح ي ي
  4. بِهِۦ bihi therewith
  5. بَلْدَةً baldatan (to) a land ب ل د
  6. مَّيْتًا maytan dead م و ت
  7. كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika Thus
  8. ٱلْخُرُوجُ l-khurūju (will be) the coming forth خ ر ج

Verses related to verse 11

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ghafir 40:57

    لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:33

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

  • Fussilat 41:39

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ خَٰشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

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  • Az-Zukhruf 43:11

    وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

    And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

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