Qaf
The Letter "Qaf"
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
ﱁﱂQafﱃBy the Quranﱄthe Gloriousﱅ
Qãf. By the glorious Quran!
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ﱆNayﱇthey wonderﱈthatﱉhas come to themﱊa warnerﱋfrom themﱌSo sayﱍthe disbelieversﱎThisﱏ(is) a thingﱐamazingﱑ
˹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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ﱒWhat! Whenﱓwe dieﱔand have becomeﱕﱖdustﱗThatﱘ(is) a returnﱙfarﱚ
˹Will we be returned to life,˺ when we are dead and reduced to dust? Such a return is impossible.”
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ﱛCertainlyﱜWe knowﱝwhatﱞdiminishesﱟthe earthﱠﱡof themﱢand with Usﱣ(is) a Bookﱤguardedﱥ
We certainly know what the earth consumes of them ˹after their death˺, and with us is a well-preserved Record.
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ﱦNayﱧthey deniedﱨthe truthﱩwhenﱪit came (to) themﱫso theyﱬ(are) inﱭa stateﱮconfusedﱯ
In fact, they reject the truth when it has come to them, so they are in a confused state.
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ﱰThen do notﱱthey lookﱲatﱳthe skyﱴabove them ﱵhowﱶWe structured itﱷand adorned itﱸand notﱹfor itﱺanyﱻriftsﱼ
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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ﱽAnd the earthﱾWe have spread it outﱿand castﲀthereinﲁfirmly set mountainsﲂand We made to growﲃthereinﲄofﲅeveryﲆkindﲇbeautifulﲈ
As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and produced in it every type of pleasant plant—
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ﲉGiving insightﲊand a reminderﲋfor everyﲌslaveﲍwho turnsﲎ
˹all as˺ an insight and a reminder to every servant who turns ˹to Allah˺.
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ﲏAnd We have sent downﲐfromﲑthe skyﲒwaterﲓblessedﲔthen We made to growﲕtherebyﲖgardensﲗand grainﲘ(for) the harvestﲙ
And We send down blessed rain from the sky, bringing forth gardens and grains for harvest,
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ﲚAnd the palms treesﲛtall ﲜfor itﲝ(are) layersﲞarrangedﲟ
and towering palm trees ˹loaded˺ with clustered fruit,
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ﲠA provisionﲡﲢfor the slavesﲣand We give lifeﲤtherewithﲥ(to) a landﲦﲧdeadﲨThusﲩ(will be) the coming forthﲪ
˹as˺ a provision for ˹Our˺ servants. And with this ˹rain˺ We revive a lifeless land. Similar is the emergence ˹from the graves˺.
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ﲫDeniedﲬbefore themﲭ(the) peopleﲮ(of) Nuhﲯand (the) companionsﲰ(of) Ar-Raasﲱand Thamudﲲ
Before them, the people of Noah denied ˹the truth,˺ as did the people of the Water-pit, Thamûd,
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ﲳAnd Aadﲴand Firaunﲵand (the) brothersﲶ(of) Lutﲷ
’Ȃd, Pharaoh, the kinfolk of Lot,
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ﲸAnd (the) companionsﲹ(of) the woodﲺand (the) peopleﲻﲼ(of) TubbaﲽAllﲾdeniedﲿthe Messengersﳀso was fulfilledﳁMy Threatﳂ
the residents of the Forest, and the people of Tubba’. Each rejected ˹their˺ messenger, so My warning was fulfilled.
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ﳃWere We then tiredﳄwith the creationﳅﳆthe firstﳇNayﳈtheyﳉ(are) inﳊdoubtﳋaboutﳌa creationﳍnewﳎ
Were We incapable of creating ˹them˺ the first time? In fact, they are in doubt about ˹their˺ re-creation.
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