English - Chapter 50 - Qaf

Qaf By the Glorious Qur´an

Nonetheless they are amazed that a warner should have come to them from among themselves and those who are kafir say, ´What an extraordinary thing

When we are dead and turned to dust . . . ? That would be a most unlikely return!´

We know exactly how the earth eats them away. We possess an all-preserving Book

But they denied the truth when it came to them. They are, therefore, in a very muddled state

Have they not looked at the sky above them: how We structured it and made it beautiful and how there are no fissures in it

And the earth: how We stretched it out and cast firmly embedded mountains onto it and caused luxuriant plants of every kind to grow in it

an instruction and a reminder for every penitent human being

And We sent down blessed water from the sky and made gardens grow by it and grain for harvesting

and soaring date-palms with layered spathes

as provision for Our slaves; by it We brought a dead land to life. That is how the Emergence will take place

Before them the people of Nuh also denied the truth and the Companions of Rass and Thamud

and ´Ad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lut

and the Companions of the Thicket and the people of Tubba´. Each one denied the Messengers and My promise proved true

Were We exhausted by the first creation? Yet they are dubious about the new creation

We created man and We know what his own self whispers to him. We are nearer to him than his jugular vein

And the two recording angels are recording, sitting on the right and on the left

He does not utter a single word, without a watcher by him, pen in hand

The throes of death come revealing the truth. That is what you were trying to evade

The Trumpet will be blown. That is the Day of the Threat

Every self will come together with a driver and a witness

´You were heedless of this so We have stripped you of your covering and today your sight is sharp.´

His inseparable comrade will say, ´This is what I have ready for you.´

´Hurl into Hell every obdurate kafir

impeder of good, doubt-causing aggressor

who set up another god together with Allah. Hurl him into the terrible punishment.´

His inseparable comrade will say, ´Our Lord, I did not make him overstep the limits. He was, in any case, far astray.´

He will say, ´Do not argue in My presence when I gave you advance warning of the Threat

My Word, once given, is not subject to change and I do not wrong My slaves.´

On the Day He says to Hell, ´Are you full?´ it will ask, ´Are there no more to come?´

And the Garden will be brought up close to those with taqwa, not far away

´This is what you were promised. It is for every careful penitent

those who fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen and come with a contrite heart

Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Timeless Eternity.´

They will have there everything they want and with Us there is still more

How many generations before them We destroyed who had greater force than them and scoured many lands! Did they find any way of escape

There is a reminder in that for anyone who has a heart, or who listens well, having seen the evidence

We created the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, in six days and We were not affected by fatigue

So be patient in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before it sets

And glorify Him during the night and after you have prostrated

Listen out for the Day when the Summoner shall call out from a nearby place

The Day they hear the Blast in truth, that is the Day of Emergence

It is We who give life and cause to die and We are their final destination

The Day the earth splits open all around them as they come rushing forth, that is a gathering, easy for Us to accomplish

We know best what they say. You are not a dictator over them. So remind, with the Qur´an, whoever fears My Threat