سورة ق، الآية ٥
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ ٥
bal kadhabū bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahum fahum fī amrin marījin
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.
Verse 5 of Surah Qaf (50:5), 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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Rather, these idolaters rejected the Qur’ān when His Messenger brought it to them. They are in uncertainty regarding it; they cannot stay firm on anything regarding it.
Rather they rejected the truth when it came to them, so they are in a state of confusion3.
[3] They are in confusion concerning the Qur’an, claiming that it is poetry, magic, or ancient fables. They are also in confusion concerning the Prophet (ﷺ), claiming that he is a poet, a fabricator, or insane.
Nay, but they have denied the truth (this Qur’ân) when it has come to them, so they are in a confused state (cannot differentiate between right and wrong).
Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state.
Nay, they rejected the truth when it came to them, so they are (now) in a state of confusion.
No indeed, (but) they cried lies to the Truth as soon as it came to them; so they are confused (Or: they are in a confused state) as regards the Command.
إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ …
Indeed, you are in differing speech. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.
