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Surah Qaf, Verse 45

سورة ق، الآية ٤٥

50:45 Juz 26 Hizb 52 Page 520 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 50:45

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ۝٤٥

Transliteration

naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna wamā anta ʿalayhim bijabbārin fadhakkir bil-qur'āni man yakhāfu waʿīdi

Translation

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant.1533 But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.

Notes

[1533] Forcing people to belief or submission.

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Verse 45 of Surah Qaf (50:45), a Meccan surah, is in juz 26, on page 520 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 45

Al-Mukhtasar

I know best what these deniers say. And you are not imposed on them, O Messenger, to force them to accept faith. You are only a conveyer of what Allah has ordered you to convey, so remind through the Qur’ān he who fears my warning to the disbelievers and the sinful, because the fearful is the one who takes advice and takes reminders when reminded.

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Other translations of verse 45

We know best what they say, and you are not there to compel them to believe. But remind with the Qur’an those who fear My warning.

We know best what they say. And you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are not the one to force them (to Belief). But warn by the Qur’an; him who fears My Threat.

We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My threat.

We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe them by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning!

We know best what they say, and you are not one to compel them; therefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My threat.

We know best whatever they say; and in no way are you a potentate over them. So remind by the Qur'an him who fears (My) threat.

Verse 45 word by word

  1. نَّحْنُ naḥnu We
  2. أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu know best ع ل م
  3. بِمَا bimā [of] what
  4. يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna they say ق و ل
  5. وَمَآ wamā and not
  6. أَنتَ anta (are) you
  7. عَلَيْهِم ʿalayhim over them
  8. بِجَبَّارٍ bijabbārin the one to compel ج ب ر
  9. فَذَكِّرْ fadhakkir But remind ذ ك ر
  10. بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ bil-qur'āni with the Quran ق ر أ
  11. مَن man whoever
  12. يَخَافُ yakhāfu fears خ و ف
  13. وَعِيدِ waʿīdi My threat و ع د

Verses related to verse 45

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hijr 15:97–99

    وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ …

    And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say. …

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:40

    وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ وَعَلَيْنَا ٱلْحِسَابُ

    And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.

  • Al-Ghashiyah 88:21–22

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ …

    So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder. …

  • Al-Baqarah 2:272

    لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَىٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ وَمَا تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

    Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

  • Al-Qasas 28:56

    إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

    Indeed, [O Muḥammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

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  • Taha 20:104

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

    We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

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