50. Qaaf سُورَةُ قٓ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Yusuf AliThe 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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