| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah The Letter Qaf(Qaf)
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| 50:1 | | Q. By the majestic Quran! |
| 50:2 | | Indeed they are astonished that a warner should come to them from among themselves. Disbelievers say: ´This is an astonishing thing! |
| 50:3 | | Why, when we have died and become dust, that will mean such a long way to return!" |
| 50:4 | | We well know how the earth hems them in, and We (also) have a Book to record it in. |
| 50:5 | | Rather they denied the Truth when it came to them, so (now) they are in a confused state. |
| 50:6 | | Have they not seen how We have built the sky above them and made it seem attractive? There are no flaws in it. |
| 50:7 | | And We have spread the earth out and cast headlands upon it, and grown every sort of lovely species on it |
| 50:8 | | as a token and Reminder for every repentant worshipper. |
| 50:9 | | We have sent down blessed water from the sky and We grow gardens with it as well as grain to be harvested, |
| 50:10 | | and soaring palms which have compact clusters |
| 50:11 | | as sustenance for worshippers. We have revived a dead countryside with it; thus will (your) reappearance be. |
| 50:12 | | Before them, Noah´s folk denied it, and the companions at the Well, and Thamud, |
| 50:13 | | Ad, and Pharaoh, as well as Lot´s brethren, |
| 50:14 | | the inhabitants of the Forest, and the people of Tubba; each rejected messengers, so My warning was confirmed. |
| 50:15 | | Were We worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in a quandary about any fresh creation! |
| 50:16 | | We have created man and know what his soul is whispering within him. We are Closer to him than his jugular vein! |
| 50:17 | | When both encountering [angels] meet, seated to the right and to the left, |
| 50:18 | | he will utter no statement unless he has an observer on hand ready to note it down. |
| 50:19 | | The agony of death will come [and confront you] with the Truth; that is what you have been trying to escape! |
| 50:20 | | The Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the day of the Threat! |
| 50:21 | | Every soul shall come along; each will have a driver and a witness: |
| 50:22 | | "You have been so heedless of this, that We have removed your blinders from you so your sight may be keen today!" |
| 50:23 | | His soulmate will say: "All this lying before me needs to be checked into; |
| 50:24 | | let us both toss every stubborn disbeliever into Hell, |
| 50:25 | | [since he is] hindering good, aggressive, suspicious, |
| 50:26 | | someone who has set up some other deity alongside God! Toss him into severe torment!" |
| 50:27 | | His soulmate will say: "Our Lord, I did not make him act arrogantly, but he was gone too far astray." |
| 50:28 | | He will say: "Do not argue in My presence! I had already sent the Threat ahead to you (all)! |
| 50:29 | | The sentence will not be changed within My presence, nor am I unjust towards My worshippers." |
| 50:30 | | On the day We shall say to Hell: "Are you filled up.", it will say: "Are there any more to be added?" |
| 50:31 | | The Garden will be brought up a short distance from the heedful; |
| 50:32 | | This is what you have been promised, for everyone who turns to observe it, |
| 50:33 | | who lives in awe of the Mercy-giving, even though [He is] Unseen, and comes with a repentant heart. |
| 50:34 | | Enter it peacefully; that is the day that will last forever." |
| 50:35 | | "They will have anything they wish in it, and more besides [when they are] in Our presence. |
| 50:36 | | How many generations have We wiped out before them? They were much braver than they are and stormed through the land. Yet had they any escape? |
| 50:37 | | In that is a Reminder for anyone who has a heart or lends an ear while he [also] acts as a witness. |
| 50:38 | | We created Heaven and Earth and whatever lies in between them six days, while no weariness ever affects Us. |
| 50:39 | | So be patient about anything they may say, and hymn your Lord´s praise before the sun´s rising and before its setting, |
| 50:40 | | and at night. Glorify Him whenever you finish bowing down on your knees. |
| 50:41 | | Listen for the day when the Crier will call out from a nearby place, |
| 50:42 | | a day when they will really hear the Blast; that will be the day to reappear in! |
| 50:43 | | It is We Who give life and bring death, and toward Us lies the goal |
| 50:44 | | on a day when the earth will split open quickly because of them. Such a mustering will be easy for Us. |
| 50:45 | | We are quite Aware of what they say: you should not be too demanding on them. Remind anyone who fears My warning by means of the Quran. |
