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Surah 50 · 45 ayat

Qaaf

The letter Qaaf

ق

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

50:1

قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ

MeaningQaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,

50:2

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

MeaningNay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:

50:3

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

MeaningWhen we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return!

50:4

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ

MeaningWe know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.

50:5

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

MeaningNay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.

50:6

أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

MeaningHave they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?

50:7

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

MeaningAnd the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,

50:8

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

MeaningA vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.

50:9

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

MeaningAnd We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,

50:10

وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

MeaningAnd lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,

50:11

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ

MeaningProvision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.

50:12

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

MeaningThe folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,

50:13

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

MeaningAnd (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,

50:14

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

MeaningAnd the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.

50:15

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

MeaningWere We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.

50:16

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

MeaningWe verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

50:17

إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

MeaningWhen the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,

50:18

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

MeaningHe uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.

50:19

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

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

50:20

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

MeaningAnd the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.

50:21

وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

MeaningAnd every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.

50:22

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

Meaning(And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.

50:23

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

MeaningAnd (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).

50:24

أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Meaning(And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,

50:25

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

MeaningHinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,

50:26

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

MeaningWho setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.

50:27

قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

MeaningHis comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.

50:28

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

MeaningHe saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.

50:29

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

MeaningThe sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.

50:30

يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ

MeaningOn the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can there be more to come?

50:31

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

MeaningAnd the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.

50:32

هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

Meaning(And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,

50:33

مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

MeaningWho feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.

50:34

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

MeaningEnter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.

50:35

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

MeaningThere they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.

50:36

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

MeaningAnd how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?

50:37

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

MeaningLo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.

50:38

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ

MeaningAnd verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.

50:39

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ

MeaningTherefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;

50:40

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ

MeaningAnd in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.

50:41

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

MeaningAnd listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,

50:42

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

MeaningThe day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).

50:43

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

MeaningLo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.

50:44

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

MeaningOn the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).

50:45

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

MeaningWe are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My threat.

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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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