Surah 50 Qaf - Qaf, 45 verses (Makka)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art God's
Apostle).
- But they wonder that there has come to them a
Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say:
"This is a wonderful thing!
- "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live
again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our
understanding)."
- We already know how much of them the earth takes
away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account).
- But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so
they are in a confused state.
- Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We
have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in
it?
- And the earth- We have spread it out, and set
thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein
every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)-
- To be observed and commemorated by every devotee
turning (to God).
- And We send down from the sky rain charted with
blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain
for harvests;
- And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of
fruit-stalks, piled one over another;-
- As sustenance for (God's) Servants;- and We give
(new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be
the Resurrection.
- Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the
People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud,
- The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,
- The Companions of the Wood, and the People of
Tubba'; each one (of them) rejected the apostles, and
My warning was duly fulfilled (in them).
- Were We then weary with the first Creation, that
they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation?
- It was We Who created man, and We know what dark
suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to
him than (his) jugular vein.
- Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn
(his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the
right and one on the left.
- Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by
him, ready (to note it).
- And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before
his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying
to escape!"
- And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the
Day whereof Warning (had been given).
- And there will come forth every soul: with each
will be an (angel) to drive, and an (angel) to bear
witness.
- (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now
have We removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this
Day!"
- And his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record)
ready with me!"
- (The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell
every contumacious Rejecter (of God)!-
- "Who forbade what was good, transgressed all
bounds, cast doubts and suspicions;
- "Who set up another god beside God: Throw him into
a severe penalty."
- His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make
him transgress, but he was (himself) far astray."
- He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My
Presence: I had already in advance sent you Warning.
- "The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the
least injustice to My Servants."
- One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the
full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?"
- And the Garden will be brought nigh to the
Righteous,- no more a thing distant.
- (A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for
you,- for every one who turned (to God) in sincere
repentance, who kept (His Law),
- "Who feared (God) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought
a heart turned in devotion (to Him):
- "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a
Day of Eternal Life!"
- There will be for them therein all that they wish,-
and more besides in Our Presence.
- But how many generations before them did We destroy
(for their sins),- stronger in power than they? Then
did they wander through the land: was there any place
of escape (for them)?
- Verily in this is a Message for any that has a
heart and understanding or who gives ear and earnestly
witnesses (the truth).
- We created the heavens and the earth and all
between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of
weariness touch Us.
- Bear, then, with patience, all that they say, and
celebrate the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of
the sun and before (its) setting.
- And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His
praises, and (so likewise) after the postures of
adoration.
- And listen for the Day when the Caller will call
out from a place quiet near,-
- The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in
(very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection.
- Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us
is the Final Goal-
- The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from
(men) hurrying out: that will be a gathering together,-
quite easy for Us.
- We know best what they say; and thou art not one to
overawe them by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such
as fear My Warning!
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