50.The letter Qaaf

  1. Qaf By the glorious Quran
  2. But the disbelievers are amazed that a warner has come from among them and they say, ‘How strange
  3. To come back [to life] after we have died and become dust? That is too farfetched.’
  4. We know very well what the earth takes away from them: We keep a comprehensive record
  5. But the disbelievers deny the truth when it comes to them; they are in a state of confusion
  6. Do they not see the sky above them––how We have built and adorned it, with no rifts in it
  7. how We spread out the earth and put solid mountains on it, and caused every kind of joyous plant to grow in it
  8. as a lesson and reminder for every servant who turns to God
  9. and how We send blessed water down from the sky and grow with it gardens, the harvest grain
  10. and tall palm trees laden with clusters of dates
  11. as a provision for everyone; how with water We give [new] life to a land that is dead? This is how the dead will emerge [from their graves]
  12. The people of Noah disbelieved long before these disbelievers, as did the people of Rass, Thamud
  13. Ad, Pharaoh, Lot
  14. the Forest-Dwellers, Tubba: all of these people disbelieved their messengers, and so My warning was realized
  15. So were We incapable of the first creation? No indeed! Yet they doubt a second creation
  16. We created man––We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein––
  17. with two receptors set to record, one on his right side and one on his left
  18. he does not utter a single word without an ever-present watcher
  19. The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what you tried to escape.’
  20. The Trumpet will be sounded: ‘This is the Day [you were] warned of.’
  21. Each person will arrive attended by an [angel] to drive him on and another to bear witness
  22. ‘You paid no attention to this [Day]; but today We have removed your veil and your sight is sharp.’
  23. The person’s attendant will say, ‘Here is what I have prepared’
  24. ‘Hurl every obstinate disbeliever into Hell
  25. everyone who hindered good, was aggressive, caused others to doubt
  26. and set up other gods alongside God. Hurl him into severe punishment!’
  27. and his [evil] companion will say, ‘Lord, I did not make him transgress; he had already gone far astray himself.’
  28. God will say, ‘Do not argue in My presence. I sent you a warning
  29. and My word cannot be changed: I am not unjust to any creature.’
  30. We shall say to Hell on that day, ‘Are you full?’ and it will reply, ‘Are there no more?’
  31. But Paradise will be brought close to the righteous and will no longer be distant
  32. ‘This is what you were promised––this is for everyone who turned often to God and kept Him in mind
  33. who held the Most Gracious in awe, though He is unseen, who comes before Him with a heart turned to Him in devotion
  34. so enter it in peace. This is the Day of everlasting Life.’
  35. They will have all that they wish for there, and We have more for them
  36. We have destroyed even mightier generations before these disbelievers, who travelled through [many] lands- was there any escape
  37. There truly is a reminder in this for whoever has a heart, whoever listens attentively
  38. We created the heavens, the earth, and everything between, in six Days without tiring
  39. So [Prophet], bear everything they say with patience; celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising and setting of the sun
  40. proclaim His praise in the night and at the end of every prayer
  41. listen out for the Day when the caller will call from a nearby place
  42. They will come out [from their graves] on that Day, the Day when they hear the mighty blast in reality
  43. It is We who give life and death; the final return will be to Us
  44. on the Day when the earth will be torn apart, letting them rush out- that gathering will be easy for Us
  45. We know best what the disbelievers say. You [Prophet] are not there to force them, so remind, with this Quran, those who fear My warning