50. Qaaf

50:1

قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ ﴿١﴾

Qāf wal-qurʾāni al-majīd

Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,

50:2

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ ﴿٢﴾

Bal ʿajibū an jāʾahum mundhirun minhum faqāla al-kāfirūna hādhā shayʾun ʿajīb

Nay, 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 ﴿٣﴾

Aʾidhā mitnā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīd

When 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 ﴿٤﴾

Qad ʿalimnā mā tanquṣu al-arḍu minhum waʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓ

We 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 ﴿٥﴾

Bal kadhdhabū bil-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾahum fahum fī amrin marīj

Nay, 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 ﴿٦﴾

Afalam yanẓurū ilā as-samāʾi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wazayyannāhā wamā lahā min furūj

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

50:7

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ ﴿٧﴾

Wal-arḍa madadnāhā waʾalqaynā fīhā rawāsiya waʾanbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin bahīj

And 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 ﴿٨﴾

Tabṣiratan wadhikrā likulli ʿabdin munīb

A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.

50:9

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ ﴿٩﴾

Wanazzalnā mina as-samāʾi māʾan mubārakan faʾanbatnā bihi jannātin waḥabba al-ḥaṣīd

And 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 ﴿١٠﴾

Wan-nakhla bāsiqātin lahā ṭalʿun naḍīd

And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,

50:11

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ ﴿١١﴾

Rizqan lilʿibādi waʾaḥyaynā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika al-khurūj

Provision (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 ﴿١٢﴾

Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʾaṣḥābu ar-rassi wathamūd

The 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 ﴿١٣﴾

Waʿādun wafirʿawnu waʾikhwānu lūṭ

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

50:14

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ﴿١٤﴾

Waʾaṣḥābu al-aykati waqawmu tubbaʿin kullun kadhdhaba ar-rusula faḥaqqa waʿīd

And 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 ﴿١٥﴾

Afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi al-awwali bal hum fī labsin min khalqin jadīd

Were 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 ﴿١٦﴾

Walaqad khalaqnā al-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli al-warīd

We 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 ﴿١٧﴾

Idh yatalaqqā al-mutalaqqiyāni ʿani al-yamīni waʿani ash-shimāli qaʿīd

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

50:18

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ﴿١٨﴾

Mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīd

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

50:19

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ ﴿١٩﴾

Wajāʾat sakratu al-mawti bil-ḥaqqi dhālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd

And 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 ﴿٢٠﴾

Wanufikha fī aṣ-ṣūri dhālika yawmu al-waʿīd

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

50:21

وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ ﴿٢١﴾

Wajāʾat kullu nafsin maʿahā sāʾiqun washahīd

And 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 ﴿٢٢﴾

Laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāʾaka fabaṣaruka al-yawma ḥadīd

(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 ﴿٢٣﴾

Waqāla qarīnuhu hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīd

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

50:24

أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

Alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīd

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

50:25

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mannāʿin lilkhayri muʿtadin murīb

Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,

50:26

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ﴿٢٦﴾

Alladhī jaʿala maʿa Allāhi ilāhan ākhara faʾalqiyāhu fī al-ʿadhābi ash-shadīd

Who 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 ﴿٢٧﴾

Qāla qarīnuhu rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhu walākin kāna fī ḍalālin baʿīd

His 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 ﴿٢٨﴾

Qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīd

He 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 ﴿٢٩﴾

Mā yubaddalu al-qawlu ladayya wamā anā biẓallāmin lilʿabīd

The 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 ﴿٣٠﴾

Yawma naqūlu lijahannama hali imtalaʾti wataqūlu hal min mazīd

On 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 ﴿٣١﴾

Waʾuzlifati al-jannatu lilmuttaqīna ghayra baʿīd

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

50:32

هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ ﴿٣٢﴾

Hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓ

(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 ﴿٣٣﴾

Man khashiya ar-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wajāʾa biqalbin munīb

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

50:34

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Udkhulūhā bisalāmin dhālika yawmu al-khulūd

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

50:35

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ ﴿٣٥﴾

Lahum mā yashāʾūna fīhā waladaynā mazīd

There 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 ﴿٣٦﴾

Wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum baṭshan fanaqqabū fī al-bilādi hal min maḥīṣ

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)?

50:37

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٣٧﴾

Inna fī dhālika ladhikrā liman kāna lahu qalbun aw alqā as-samʿa wahuwa shahīd

Lo! 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 ﴿٣٨﴾

Walaqad khalaqnā as-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin wamā massanā min lughūb

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

50:39

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Fāṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi ash-shamsi waqabla al-ghurūb

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;

50:40

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ ﴿٤٠﴾

Wamina allayli fasabbiḥhu waʾadbāra as-sujūd

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

50:41

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ ﴿٤١﴾

Wāstamiʿ yawma yunādi al-munādi min makānin qarīb

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

50:42

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ ﴿٤٢﴾

Yawma yasmaʿūna aṣ-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqqi dhālika yawmu al-khurūj

The 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 ﴿٤٣﴾

Innā naḥnu nuḥyī wanumītu waʾilaynā al-maṣīr

Lo! 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 ﴿٤٤﴾

Yawma tashaqqaqu al-arḍu ʿanhum sirāʿan dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā yasīr

On 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 ﴿٤٥﴾

Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna wamā anta ʿalayhim bijabbārin fadhakkir bil-qurʾāni man yakhāfu waʿīd

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.