50. Qaaf سُورَةُ قٓ

Saheeh InternationalQaf. By the honored Qur'an

Yusuf AliQaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art God's Apostle)

Saheeh InternationalBut they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing

Yusuf AliBut they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing

Saheeh InternationalWhen we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return

Yusuf AliWhat! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)

Saheeh InternationalWe know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record

Yusuf AliWe already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account)

Saheeh InternationalBut they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition

Yusuf AliBut they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state

Saheeh InternationalHave they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts

Yusuf AliDo they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it

Saheeh InternationalAnd the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind

Yusuf AliAnd the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)

Saheeh InternationalGiving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah]

Yusuf AliTo be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to God)

Saheeh InternationalAnd We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

Yusuf AliAnd We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests

Saheeh InternationalAnd lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers

Yusuf AliAnd tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another

Saheeh InternationalAs provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the resurrection

Yusuf AliAs sustenance for (God's) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection

Saheeh InternationalThe people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

Yusuf AliBefore them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud

Saheeh InternationalAnd 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

Yusuf AliThe 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut

Saheeh InternationalAnd the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubba'. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled

Yusuf AliThe Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one (of them) rejected the apostles, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in them)

Saheeh InternationalDid We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation

Yusuf AliWere We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation

Saheeh InternationalAnd We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein

Yusuf AliIt was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein

Saheeh InternationalWhen the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left

Yusuf AliBehold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left

Saheeh InternationalMan does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]

Yusuf AliNot a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it)

Saheeh InternationalAnd the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid

Yusuf AliAnd the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape

Saheeh InternationalAnd the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat

Yusuf AliAnd the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof Warning (had been given)

Saheeh InternationalAnd every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness

Yusuf AliAnd there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to drive, and an (angel) to bear witness

Saheeh International[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp

Yusuf Ali(It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day

Saheeh InternationalAnd his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared

Yusuf AliAnd his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record) ready with me

Saheeh International[Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever

Yusuf Ali(The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious Rejecter (of God)

Saheeh InternationalPreventer of good, aggressor, and doubter

Yusuf AliWho forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast doubts and suspicions

Saheeh InternationalWho made [as equal] with Allah another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment

Yusuf AliWho set up another god beside God: Throw him into a severe penalty

Saheeh InternationalHis [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error

Yusuf AliHis Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he was (himself) far astray

Saheeh International[Allah] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning

Yusuf AliHe will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had already in advance sent you Warning

Saheeh InternationalThe word will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants

Yusuf AliThe Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice to My Servants

Saheeh InternationalOn the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more

Yusuf AliOne Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)

Saheeh InternationalAnd Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far

Yusuf AliAnd the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant

Saheeh International[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allah] and keeper [of His covenant]

Yusuf Ali(A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you,- for every one who turned (to God) in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law)

Saheeh InternationalWho feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance]

Yusuf AliWho feared (God) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him)

Saheeh InternationalEnter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity

Yusuf AliEnter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life

Saheeh InternationalThey will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more

Yusuf AliThere will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more besides in Our Presence

Saheeh InternationalAnd how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape

Yusuf AliBut how many generations before them did We destroy (for their sins),- stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the land: was there any place of escape (for them)

Saheeh InternationalIndeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind]

Yusuf AliVerily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and understanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth)

Saheeh InternationalAnd We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness

Yusuf AliWe created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us

Saheeh InternationalSo be patient, [O Muhammad], over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting

Yusuf AliBear, then, with patience, all that they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting

Saheeh InternationalAnd [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration

Yusuf AliAnd during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so likewise) after the postures of adoration

Saheeh InternationalAnd listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near

Yusuf AliAnd listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near

Saheeh InternationalThe Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves]

Yusuf AliThe Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

Yusuf AliVerily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal

Saheeh InternationalOn the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us

Yusuf AliThe Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurrying out: that will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us

Saheeh InternationalWe are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant. But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat

Yusuf AliWe know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe them by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning