سورة ق، الآية ٤
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ ٤
qad ʿalim'nā mā tanquṣu l-arḍu min'hum waʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓun
We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
Verse 4 of Surah Qaf (50:4), 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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Verily, I know how much of their bodies the earth eats away after their death; it is not hidden from Me. I have a book that preserves everything I have decreed for them in their lives and after their deaths.
We certainly know what the earth consumes of them [after their death], and with Us is a Preserved Record2.
[2] Or a Record that preserves everything.
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).
We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account).
We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a writing that preserves.
We already know what the earth diminishes of them; and in Our Providence is a Book Ever-Preserving.
