| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah The Letter Qaf(Qaf)
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| 50:1 | | Q. By the glorious Qur'an |
| 50:2 | | nay, they wonder that there has come to them a warner from amongst themselves; and the misbelievers say, 'This is a wondrous thing |
| 50:3 | | What, when we are dead and have become dust?- that is a remote return! |
| 50:4 | | We well know what the earth consumes of them, for with, us is a book that keeps (account) |
| 50:5 | | Nay, they call the truth a lie when it comes to them, and they are in a confused affair |
| 50:6 | | Do not they behold the heaven above them, how we have built it and adorned it, and how it has no flaws |
| 50:7 | | And the earth, we have stretched it out and thrown thereon firm mountains, and caused to grow thereon every beautiful kind |
| 50:8 | | An insight and a reminder to every servant who repents |
| 50:9 | | And we sent down from the heaven water as a blessing, and caused to grow therewith gardens and the harvest grain |
| 50:10 | | And the tall palm trees having piled up spathes |
| 50:11 | | for a provision to (our) servants; and we quickened thereby a dead land; thus shall the resurrection be |
| 50:12 | | Before them the people of Noah and the fellows of ar Rass and Thamu |
| 50:13 | | and 'Ad and Pharaoh called the apostles liars; and the brethren of Lo |
| 50:14 | | and the fellows of the Grove and the people of Tubbah all called the prophets liars, and the threat was duly executed |
| 50:15 | | Were we then fatigued with the first creation? nay! but they are in obscurity concerning the new creation |
| 50:16 | | But we created man, and we know what his soul whispers; for we are nigher to him than his jugular vein |
| 50:17 | | When the two meeters meet, sitting the one on the right and the other on the left |
| 50:18 | | not a word does he utter, but a watcher is by him ready |
| 50:19 | | And the agony of death shall come in truth!- 'that is what thou didst shun! |
| 50:20 | | And the trumpet shall be blown!- that is the threatened day |
| 50:21 | | And every soul shall come - with it a driver and a witness |
| 50:22 | | 'Thou wert heedless of this, and we withdrew thy veil from thee, and today is thine eyesight keen! |
| 50:23 | | And his mate shall say, 'This is what is ready for me (to attest) |
| 50:24 | | 'Throw into hell every stubborn misbeliever! |
| 50:25 | | who forbids good, a transgressor, a doubter |
| 50:26 | | who sets other gods with God - and throw him, ye twain, into fierce torment! |
| 50:27 | | His mate shall say, 'Our Lord! I seduced him not, but he was in a remote error. |
| 50:28 | | He shall say, 'Wrangle not before me; for I sent the threat to you before |
| 50:29 | | The sentence is not changed with me, nor am I unjust to my servants. |
| 50:30 | | On the day we will say to hell, 'Art thou full?' and it will say, 'Are there any more? |
| 50:31 | | And Paradise shall be brought near to the pious,- not far off |
| 50:32 | | This is what ye are promised, to every one who turns frequently (to God) and keeps His commandments |
| 50:33 | | who fears the Merciful in secret and brings a repentant heart |
| 50:34 | | 'Enter into it in peace: this is the day of eternity! |
| 50:35 | | They shall have what they wish therein, and increase from us |
| 50:36 | | How many a generation have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in prowess! Pass through the land, is there any refuge |
| 50:37 | | Verily, in that is a reminder to whomsoever has a heart, or, gives ear, and is a witness thereto |
| 50:38 | | We did create the heavens and the earth and what is between the two in six days, and no weariness touched us |
| 50:39 | | Be thou patient then of what they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting |
| 50:40 | | And through (some) of the night celebrate His praise and the additional adorations |
| 50:41 | | And listen for the day when the crier shall cry from a near place; |
| 50:42 | | the day when they shall hear the shout in truth - that is the day of coming forth |
| 50:43 | | Verily, we quicken and we kill, and unto us the journey is |
| 50:44 | | On the day when the earth shall be cleft asunder from them swiftly;- that is a gathering together which is easy to us |
| 50:45 | | We know what they say; nor art thou over them one to compel. Wherefore remind, by the Qur'an, him who fears the threat |
