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Sūra 50: Qāf

Section 1 (1-15)

1. Qaf waalqur-ani almajeedi

1. Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art Allah.s Messenger..


2. Bal AAajiboo an jaahum munthirun minhum faqala alkafiroona hatha shay-on AAajeebun

2. But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing!


3. A-itha mitna wakunna turaban thalika rajAAun baAAeedun

3. "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."


4. Qad AAalimna ma tanqusu al-ardu minhum waAAindana kitabun hafeethun

4. We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account).


5. Bal kaththaboo bialhaqqi lamma jaahum fahum fee amrin mareejin

5. But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state.


6. Afalam yanthuroo ila alssama-i fawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannaha wama laha min furoojin

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?


7. Waal-arda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli zawjin baheejin

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)-


8. Tabsiratan wathikra likulli AAabdin muneebin

8. To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to Allah..


9. Wanazzalna mina alssama-i maan mubarakan faanbatna bihi jannatin wahabba alhaseedi

9. And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests;


10. Waalnnakhla basiqatin laha talAAun nadeedun

10. And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another;-


11. Rizqan lilAAibadi waahyayna bihi baldatan maytan kathalika alkhurooju

11. As sustenance for ((Allah)'s) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.


12. Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waas-habu alrrassi wathamoodu

12. Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud,


13. WaAAadun wafirAAawnu wa-ikhwanu lootin

13. The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,


14. Waas-habu al-aykati waqawmu tubbaAAin kullun kaththaba alrrusula fahaqqa waAAeedi

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).


15. AfaAAayeena bialkhalqi al-awwali bal hum fee labsin min khalqin jadeedin

15. Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation?


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