Surah 50 · Meccan · 45 verses · juz 26
Qaaf سُورَةُ قٓ
The letter Qaaf
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,
50:1 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:
50:2 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return!
50:3 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
50:4 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
50:5 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
50:6 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
50:7 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.
50:8 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
50:9 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,
50:10 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.
50:11 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,
50:12 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,
50:13 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.
50:14 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
50:15 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 518 · tafsir at quran.com
We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
50:16 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
50:17 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.
50:18 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.
50:19 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.
50:20 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.
50:21 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
(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.
50:22 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).
50:23 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
(And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,
50:24 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,
50:25 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.
50:26 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.
50:27 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.
50:28 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.
50:29 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can there be more to come?
50:30 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.
50:31 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
(And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,
50:32 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.
50:33 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.
50:34 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.
50:35 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 519 · tafsir at quran.com
And 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)?
50:36 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.
50:37 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.
50:38 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;
50:39 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.
50:40 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,
50:41 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).
50:42 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.
50:43 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).
50:44 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com
We 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.
50:45 · Qaaf · juz 26 · page 520 · tafsir at quran.com