The Translation Of The Holy Quran
50. QAF
(THE LETTER), ( Q )
Revealed before the Hijrah. This chapter has 45 verses.
In the name of God,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful
| 50:1 | Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art God's Apostle). |
| 50:2 | But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing! |
| 50:3 | "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)." |
| 50:4 | We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account). |
| 50:5 | But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state. |
| 50:6 | Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it? |
| 50:7 | And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)- |
| 50:8 | To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to God). |
| 50:9 | And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests; |
| 50:10 | And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another;- |
| 50:11 | As sustenance for (God's) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection. |
| 50:12 | Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud, |
| 50:13 | The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut, |
| 50:14 | 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). |
| 50:15 | Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation? |
| 50:16 | 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. |
| 50:17 | Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left. |
| 50:18 | Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it). |
| 50:19 | And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!" |
| 50:20 | And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof Warning (had been given). |
| 50:21 | And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to drive, and an (angel) to bear witness. |
| 50:22 | (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!" |
| 50:23 | And his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record) ready with me!" |
| 50:24 | (The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious Rejecter (of God)!- |
| 50:25 | "Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast doubts and suspicions; |
| 50:26 | "Who set up another god beside God: Throw him into a severe penalty." |
| 50:27 | His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he was (himself) far astray." |
| 50:28 | He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had already in advance sent you Warning. |
| 50:29 | "The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice to My Servants." |
| 50:30 | One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?" |
| 50:31 | And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant. |
| 50:32 | (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), |
| 50:33 | "Who feared (God) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him): |
| 50:34 | "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life!" |
| 50:35 | There will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more besides in Our Presence. |
| 50:36 | 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)? |
| 50:37 | Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and understanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth). |
| 50:38 | We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us. |
| 50:39 | 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. |
| 50:40 | And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so likewise) after the postures of adoration. |
| 50:41 | And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,- |
| 50:42 | The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection. |
| 50:43 | Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal- |
| 50:44 | The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurrying out: that will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us. |
| 50:45 | 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! |