وَجَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيدُ ١٩
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَجَآءَتۡAnd will comewajāat
- سَكۡرَةُ(the) stuporsakratu
- ٱلۡمَوۡتِ(of) deathl-mawti
- بِٱلۡحَقِّۖin truthbil-ḥaqi
- ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
- مَا(is) whatmā
- كُنتَyou werekunta
- مِنۡهُ[from it]min'hu
- تَحِيدُavoidingtaḥīdu
Tafsir
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid. The pangs of death are a reality and will come; there is no escaping from them. O negligent human! That is what you used to turn away from and delay.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran