قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظُۢ ٤
We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَدۡCertainlyqad
- عَلِمۡنَاWe knowʿalim'nā
- مَاwhatmā
- تَنقُصُdiminishestanquṣu
- ٱلۡأَرۡضُthe earthl-arḍu
- مِنۡهُمۡۖof themmin'hum
- وَعِندَنَاand with Uswaʿindanā
- كِتَٰبٌ(is) a Bookkitābun
- حَفِيظُۢguardedḥafīẓun
Tafsir
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran