Surah Al-Qamar — Verse 50

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وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

when We ordain something it happens at once, in the blink of an eye;

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And (implementation of) Our command is no more than a single act like the twinkling of an eye.

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Our command consists of only one Word which is carried out in the twinkling of an eye.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

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

Rowwad · source edition

Our command is but a single word[20], which is fulfilled in the blink of an eye.

Notes

[20] Our command when We want something, We only say, "Be," and it is.