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50. QafThe Letter "Qaf"

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

50:1

ﱁﱂQafBy the Quranthe Glorious(1)

Qãf. By the glorious Quran!

50:2

Naythey wonderthathas come to thema warnerfrom themSo saythe disbelieversThis(is) a thingamazing(2)

˹All will be resurrected,˺ yet the deniers are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves ˹warning of resurrection˺. So the disbelievers say, “This is an astonishing thing!

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What! Whenwe dieand have becomeﱕﱖdustThat(is) a returnfar(3)

˹Will we be returned to life,˺ when we are dead and reduced to dust? Such a return is impossible.”

50:4

CertainlyWe knowwhatdiminishesthe earthﱠﱡof themand with Us(is) a Bookguarded(4)

We certainly know what the earth consumes of them ˹after their death˺, and with us is a well-preserved Record.1

50:5

Naythey deniedthe truthwhenit came (to) themso they(are) ina stateconfused(5)

In fact, they reject the truth when it has come to them, so they are in a confused state.1

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Then do notthey lookatthe skyabove them howWe structured itand adorned itand notfor itanyrifts(6)

Have they not then looked at the sky above them: how We built it and adorned it ˹with stars˺, leaving it flawless?

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And the earthWe have spread it outﱿand castthereinfirmly set mountainsand We made to growthereinofeverykindbeautiful(7)

As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and produced in it every type of pleasant plant—

50:8

Giving insightand a reminderfor everyslavewho turns(8)

˹all as˺ an insight and a reminder to every servant who turns ˹to Allah˺.

50:9

And We have sent downfromthe skywaterblessedthen We made to growtherebygardensand grain(for) the harvest(9)

And We send down blessed rain from the sky, bringing forth gardens and grains for harvest,

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And the palms treestall for it(are) layersarranged(10)

and towering palm trees ˹loaded˺ with clustered fruit,

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A provisionﲡﲢfor the slavesand We give lifetherewith(to) a landﲦﲧdeadThus(will be) the coming forth(11)

˹as˺ a provision for ˹Our˺ servants. And with this ˹rain˺ We revive a lifeless land. Similar is the emergence ˹from the graves˺.

50:12

Deniedbefore them(the) people(of) Nuhand (the) companions(of) Ar-Raasand Thamud(12)

Before them, the people of Noah denied ˹the truth,˺ as did the people of the Water-pit,1 Thamûd,

50:13

And Aadand Firaunand (the) brothers(of) Lut(13)

’Ȃd, Pharaoh, the kinfolk of Lot,

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And (the) companions(of) the woodand (the) peopleﲻﲼ(of) TubbaAlldeniedﲿthe Messengersso was fulfilledMy Threat(14)

the residents of the Forest,1 and the people of Tubba’.2 Each rejected ˹their˺ messenger, so My warning was fulfilled.

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Were We then tiredwith the creationﳅﳆthe firstNaythey(are) indoubtabouta creationnew(15)

Were We incapable of creating ˹them˺ the first time? In fact, they are in doubt about ˹their˺ re-creation.