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Surah 50. Qaf, Ayah 19

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وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Waj a at sakratu almawti bi a l h aqqi tha lika m a kunta minhu ta h eed u

And [then,] the twilight of death brings with it the [full] truth¹³ - that [very thing, O man,] from which thou wouldst always look away! -

- Mohammad Asad

When the agony of death will bring the truth before his eyes, they will say: "This is what you were trying to escape!"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

'Ultimately,' with the throes of death will come the truth.¹ This is what you were trying to escape!

- Mustafa Khattab

And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And the stupor of death will bring truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!" ⁴⁹⁵⁵

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali