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The Letter "Qaf"45 Verses14 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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50:1
Qaf
وَٱ لۡقُرۡءَانِ
By the Quran
the Glorious
Qāf.1 By the honored Qur’ān...2
50:2
بَلۡ
Nay
عَجِبُوٓ اۡ
they wonder
أَن
that
has come to them
a warner
from them
فَقَالَ
So say
the disbelievers
هَـٰ ذَا
This
شَىۡءٌ
(is) a thing
عَجِي ب ٌ
٢amazing
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
50:3
أَءِذَا
What! When
مِتۡنَا
we die
وَكُنّ َا
and have become
تُرَابًاۖ
dust
That
رَجۡ عُۢ
(is) a return
far
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
50:4
قَدۡ
Certainly
عَلِمۡنَا
We know
مَا
what
تَنق ُصُ
diminishes
the earth
مِنۡهُمۡۖ
of them
وَعِند َنَا
and with Us
كِتَـٰ بٌ
(is) a Book
حَفِي ظُۢ
٤guarded
We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
50:5
بَلۡ
Nay
كَذَّبُواۡ
they denied
بِٱ لۡحَقِّ
the truth
لَمّ َا
when
جَا ٓءَهُمۡ
it came (to) them
فَهُمۡ
so they
فِىٓ
(are) in
أَمۡرٍ
a state
confused
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.
50:6
أَفَلَمۡ
Then do not
يَنظ ُرُوٓ اۡ
they look
إِلَى
at
the sky
فَوۡقَهُمۡ
above them
كَيۡفَ
how
بَنَيۡنَـٰ هَا
We structured it
وَزَيَّنّ َـٰ هَا
and adorned it
وَمَا
and not
لَهَا
for it
مِن
any
rifts
Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?
50:7
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضَ
And the earth
مَدَدۡ نَـٰ هَا
We have spread it out
وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا
and cast
فِيهَا
therein
رَوٰ
firmly set mountains
وَأَنۢب َتۡنَا
and We made to grow
فِيهَا
therein
مِن
of
every
زَوۡجِۭ
kind
beautiful
And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,
50:8
تَبۡ صِرَةً
Giving insight
and a reminder
لِكُلِّ
for every
عَبۡ دٍ
slave
who turns
Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allāh].
50:9
وَنَزَّلۡنَا
And We have sent down
مِنَ
from
the sky
مَا ٓءً
water
blessed
then We made to grow
بِهِۦ
thereby
جَنّ َـٰ تٍ
gardens
and grain
(for) the harvest
And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
50:10
وَٱ ل نّ َخۡلَ
And the palms trees
بَاسِقَـٰ تٍ
tall
for it
طَلۡعٌ
(are) layers
arranged
And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -
50:11
رِّزۡقًا
A provision
for the slaves
وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا
and We give life
بِهِۦ
therewith
بَلۡدَةً
(to) a land
dead
Thus
(will be) the coming forth
As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].
50:12
كَذَّبَتۡ
Denied
قَبۡ لَهُمۡ
before them
قَوۡمُ
(the) people
نُوحٍ
(of) Nuh
and (the) companions
(of) Ar-Raas
وَثَمُو د ُ
١٢and Thamud
The people of Noah denied before them,1 and the companions of the well2 and Thamūd
50:13
وَعَادٌ
And Aad
and Firaun
وَإِخۡوٰ
and (the) brothers
لُو ط ٍ
١٣(of) Lut
And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot
50:14
وَأَصۡحَـٰ بُ
And (the) companions
(of) the wood
وَقَوۡمُ
and (the) people
تُبَّعٍۚ
(of) Tubba
All
denied
the Messengers
فَحَقَّ
so was fulfilled
وَعِي د ِ
١٤My Threat
And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.
50:15
أَفَعَيِينَا
Were We then tired
بِٱ لۡخَلۡقِ
with the creation
the first
بَلۡ
Nay
هُمۡ
they
فِى
(are) in
لَبۡ سٍ
doubt
about
خَلۡقٍ
a creation
new
Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.
50:16
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
خَلَقۡ نَا
We created
man
وَنَعۡلَمُ
and We know
مَا
what
تُوَسۡوِسُ
whispers
بِهِۦ
to him
نَفۡسُهُۥ ۖ
his soul
وَنَحۡنُ
and We
أَقۡ رَبُ
(are) nearer
إِلَيۡهِ
to him
مِنۡ
than
حَبۡ لِ
(his) jugular vein
(his) jugular vein
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer1 to him than [his] jugular vein.
50:17
إِذۡ
When
يَتَلَقَّى
receive
the two receivers
عَنِ
on
the right
وَعَنِ
and on
the left
قَعِي د ٌ
١٧seated
When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,1 seated on the right and on the left.
50:18
مَّا
Not
يَلۡفِظُ
he utters
مِن
any
word
إِلَّا
but
لَدَيۡهِ
with him
رَقِيبٌ
(is) an observer
عَتِي د ٌ
١٨ready
He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].
50:19
وَجَا ٓءَتۡ
And will come
سَكۡرَةُ
(the) stupor
(of) death
بِٱ لۡحَقِّۖ
in truth
ذٰ
That
مَا
(is) what
كُنت َ
you were
مِنۡهُ
[from it]
تَحِي د ُ
١٩avoiding
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
50:20
وَنُفِخَ
And will be blown
فِى
[in]
the trumpet
ذٰ
That
يَوۡمُ
(is the) Day
(of) the Warning
And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.
50:21
وَجَا ٓءَتۡ
And will come
كُلُّ
every
نَفۡسٍ
soul
with it
سَا ٓئِقٌ
a driver
and a witness
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.1
50:22
لَّقَدۡ
Certainly
كُنت َ
you were
فِى
in
غَفۡلَةٍ
heedlessness
of
هَـٰ ذَا
this
فَكَشَفۡنَا
So We have removed
عَنك َ
from you
غِطَا ٓءَكَ
your cover
فَبَصَرُكَ
so your sight
today
حَدِي د ٌ
٢٢(is) sharp
[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover,1 so your sight, this Day, is sharp."
50:23
وَقَالَ
And (will) say
قَرِينُهُۥ
his companion
هَـٰ ذَا
This
مَا
(is) what
لَدَىَّ
(is) with me
عَتِي د ٌ
٢٣ready
And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."
50:24
أَلۡقِيَا
Throw
فِى
in (to)
جَهَنّ َمَ
Hell
كُلَّ
every
كَفَّارٍ
disbeliever
عَنِي د ٍ
٢٤stubborn
[Allāh will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,
50:25
مَّنّ َاعٍ
Forbidder
of good
مُعۡتَدٍ
transgressor
doubter
Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,
50:26
ٱلَّذِى
Who
جَعَلَ
made
مَعَ
with
Allah
إِلَـٰ هًا
a god
ءَاخَرَ
another
فَأَلۡقِيَاهُ
so throw him
فِى
in(to)
the punishment
the severe
Who made [as equal] with Allāh another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."
50:27
۞قَالَ
Will say
قَرِينُهُۥ
his companion
رَبَّنَا
Our Lord
مَآ
not
أَطۡ غَيۡتُهُۥ
I made him transgress
وَلَـٰ كِن
but
he was
فِى
in
ضَلَـٰ لِۭ
error
far
His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."
50:28
قَالَ
He will say
لَا
(Do) not
تَخۡتَصِمُواۡ
dispute
لَدَىَّ
(in) My presence
وَقَدۡ
and indeed
قَدَّمۡتُ
I sent forth
إِلَيۡكُم
to you
the Warning
[Allāh] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the threat [i.e., warning].
50:29
مَا
Not
يُبَدَّلُ
will be changed
the word
لَدَىَّ
with Me
وَمَآ
and not
أَنَاۡ
I Am
بِظَلَّـٰ مٍ
unjust
to My slaves
The word [i.e., decree] will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."
50:30
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
نَقُولُ
We will say
لِجَهَنّ َمَ
to Hell
هَلِ
Are
you filled
وَتَقُولُ
And it will say
هَلۡ
Are
مِن
(there) any
more
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
50:31
وَأُزۡلِفَتِ
And will be brought near
the Paradise
لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ
to the righteous
غَيۡرَ
not
بَعِي د ٍ
٣١far
And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far,
50:32
هَـٰ ذَا
This
مَا
(is) what
تُوعَدُونَ
you were promised
لِكُلِّ
for everyone
أَوَّابٍ
who turns
حَفِي ظٍ
٣٢(and) who keeps
[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allāh] and keeper [of His covenant].
50:33
مَّنۡ
Who
خَشِىَ
feared
the Most Gracious
بِٱ لۡغَيۡبِ
in the unseen
وَجَا ٓءَ
and came
بِقَلۡبٍ
with a heart
returning
Who feared the Most Merciful in the unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].
50:34
ٱدۡ خُلُوهَا
Enter it
بِسَلَـٰ مٍۖ
in peace
That
يَوۡمُ
(is) a Day
(of) Eternity
Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."
50:35
لَهُم
For them
whatever
يَشَا ٓءُونَ
they wish
فِيهَا
therein
وَلَدَيۡنَا
and with Us
مَزِي د ٌ
٣٥(is) more
They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.
50:36
وَكَمۡ
And how many
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
We destroyed
قَبۡ لَهُم
before them
of
a generation
هُمۡ
they
أَشَدُّ
(were) stronger
مِنۡهُم
than them
(in) power
so they explored
فِى
throughout
the lands
هَلۡ
Is (there)
مِن
any
place of escape
And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?
50:37
إِنّ َ
Indeed
فِى
in
ذٰ
that
لَذِكۡرَىٰ
surely, is a reminder
لِمَن
for (one) who
is
لَهُۥ
for him
قَلۡبٌ
a heart
أَوۡ
or
أَلۡقَى
(who) gives ear
(who) gives ear
وَهُوَ
while he
شَهِي د ٌ
٣٧(is) a witness
Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind].
50:38
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
خَلَقۡ نَا
We created
the heavens
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضَ
and the earth
وَمَا
and whatever
بَيۡنَهُمَا
(is) between both of them
فِى
in
سِتَّةِ
six
أَيَّامٍ
periods
and (did) not
مَسَّنَا
touch Us
مِن
any
fatigue
And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.
50:39
فَٱ صۡبِرۡ
So be patient
عَلَىٰ
over
مَا
what
يَقُولُونَ
they say
وَسَبِّحۡ
and glorify
بِحَمۡدِ
(the) praise
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
قَبۡ لَ
before
طُلُوعِ
(the) rising
(of) the sun
وَقَبۡ لَ
and before
the setting
So be patient, [O Muḥammad], over what they say and exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,
50:40
وَمِنَ
And of
the night
فَسَبِّحۡهُ
glorify Him
وَأَدۡ بَـٰ رَ
and after
the prostration
And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration [i.e., prayer].
50:41
وَٱ سۡتَمِعۡ
And listen
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يُنَادِ
will call
the caller
مِن
from
a place
near
And listen on the Day when the Caller1 will call out from a place that is near -
50:42
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يَسۡمَعُونَ
they will hear
the Blast
بِٱ لۡحَقِّۚ
in truth
ذٰ
That
يَوۡمُ
(is the) Day
(of) coming forth
The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].
50:43
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
نَحۡنُ
[We]
نُحۡىِۦ
[We] give life
وَنُمِيتُ
and [We] cause death
وَإِلَيۡنَا
and to Us
(is) the final return
Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination
50:44
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
تَشَقَّقُ
will split
the earth
عَنۡهُمۡ
from them
سِرَاعًاۚ
hurrying
That
حَشۡرٌ
(is) a gathering
عَلَيۡنَا
for Us
يَسِي رٌ
٤٤easy
On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.
50:45
نَّحۡنُ
We
أَعۡلَمُ
know best
بِمَا
[of] what
يَقُولُونَۖ
they say
وَمَآ
and not
أَنت َ
(are) you
عَلَيۡهِم
over them
the one to compel
But remind
بِٱ لۡقُرۡءَانِ
with the Quran
مَن
whoever
fears
وَعِي د ِ
٤٥My threat
We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant.1 But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.