| Translations | Suras |
| ENGLISH, M.H. SHAKIR | |
50 - Qaf | |
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. | |
| 1 | Qaf. I swear by the glorious Quran (that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.) |
| 2 | Nay! they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, so the unbelievers say: This is a wonderful thing: |
| 3 | What! when we are dead and have become dust? That is afar (from probable) return. |
| 4 | We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a writing that preserves. |
| 5 | Nay, they rejected the truth when it came to them, so they are (now) in a state of confusion. |
| 6 | Do they not then look up to heaven above them how We have made it and adorned it and it has no gaps? |
| 7 | And the earth, We have made it plain and cast in it mountains and We have made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds, |
| 8 | To give sight and as a reminder to every servant who turns frequently (to Allah). |
| 9 | And We send down from the cloud water abounding in good, then We cause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is reaped, |
| 10 | And the tall palm-trees having spadices closely set one above another, |
| 11 | A sustenance for the servants, and We give life thereby to a dead land; thus is the rising. |
| 12 | (Others) before them rejected (prophets): the people of Nuh and the dwellers of Ar-Rass and Samood, |
| 13 | And Ad and Firon and Lut's brethren, |
| 14 | And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tuba; all rejected the apostles, so My threat came to pass. |
| 15 | Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt with regard to a new creation. |
| 16 | And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his life-vein. |
| 17 | When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left. |
| 18 | He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand. |
| 19 | And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what you were trying to escape. |
| 20 | And the trumpet shall be blown; that is the day of the threatening. |
| 21 | And every soul shall come, with it a driver and a witness. |
| 22 | Certainly you were heedless of it, but now We have removed from you your veil, so your sight today is sharp. |
| 23 | And his companions shall say: This is what is ready with me. |
| 24 | Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one, |
| 25 | Forbidder of good, exceeder of limits, doubter, |
| 26 | Who sets up another god with Allah, so do cast him into severe chastisement. |
| 27 | His companion will say: Our Lord! I did not lead him into inordinacy but he himself was in a great error. |
| 28 | He will say: Do not quarrel in My presence, and indeed I gave you the threatening beforehand: |
| 29 | My word shall not be changed, nor am I in the least unjust to the servants. |
| 30 | On the day that We will say to hell: Are you filled up? And it will say: Are there any more? |
| 31 | And the garden shall be brought near to those who guard (against evil), not far off: |
| 32 | This is what you were promised, (it is) for every one who turns frequently (to Allah), keeps (His limits); |
| 33 | Who fears the Beneficent God in secret and comes with a penitent heart: |
| 34 | Enter it in peace, that is the day of abiding. |
| 35 | They have therein what they wish and with Us is more yet. |
| 36 | And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge? |
| 37 | Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness. |
| 38 | And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods and there touched Us not any fatigue. |
| 39 | Therefore be patient of what they say, and sing the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting. |
| 40 | And glorify Him in the night and after the prayers. |
| 41 | And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a near place |
| 42 | The day when they shall hear the cry in truth; that is the day of coming forth. |
| 43 | Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the eventual coming; |
| 44 | The day on which the earth shall cleave asunder under them, they will make haste; that is a gathering together easy to Us. |
| 45 | We know best what they say, and you are not one to compel them; therefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My threat. |
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