50 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
QAF. I CALL to witness the glorious Qur'an.
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50 : 2
بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Ahmed Ali
They are rather surprised that a warner from among themselves has come to them. So the unbelievers say: "This is astonishing:
50 : 3
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
When we are dead and turned to dust, this returning (to life) is most far-fetched."
50 : 4
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ
Ahmed Ali
We know what the earth consumes of them, for We have the Book that preserves everything.
50 : 5
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍۢ مَّرِيجٍ
Ahmed Ali
But no! They called the truth a lie when it came to them; so they are in a confused state.
50 : 6
أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Have they not looked at the sky above them, how We have fashioned and adorned it, and it has no flaw?
50 : 7
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
We stretched the earth and placed upon it firm stabilisers and We made every kind of splendid thing to grow upon it
50 : 8
تَبْصِرَةًۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍۢ مُّنِيبٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
As instruction and reminder to every penitent creature.
50 : 9
وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ مُّبَٰرَكًۭا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
And We send down water as a blessing from the sky, and grow gardens with it and the grain for harvest,
50 : 10
وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَٰتٍۢ لَّهَا طَلْعٌۭ نَّضِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
And tall date-palms with their spathes pile on pile
50 : 11
رِّزْقًۭا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ
Ahmed Ali
As a provision for men, and enlivened a region that was dead. Even thus will be the life after death.
50 : 12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
Ahmed Ali
The people of Noah, Ar-Rass and Thamud denied before you,
50 : 13
وَعَادٌۭ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
As did the people of 'Ad and Pharaoh and the brethren of Lot,
50 : 14
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ ۚ كُلٌّۭ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
And the dwellers of the Wood and people of Tubba'. Each of them denied the apostles. So My threat became a reality.
50 : 15
أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍۢ مِّنْ خَلْقٍۢ جَدِيدٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Were We exhausted by the act of the first creation? And yet they are confused about a new creation.
50 : 16
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
He created man and surely know what misdoubts arise in their hearts; for We are closer to him than his jugular vein.
50 : 17
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
When the two (angels) who keep the account, one sitting on the right, one on the left, take it down,
50 : 18
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
There is not a word he utters but an observer is ready (to make note of it).
50 : 19
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
Ahmed Ali
The palsy of death will surely come. This is what you wished to avert.
50 : 20
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
And the trumpet blast will sound: It would be the Day of Doom.
50 : 21
وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌۭ وَشَهِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Each soul will come with a driver and a witness.
50 : 22
لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
(And the driver will say:) "You were oblivious of this, so we have removed the veil, and how keen is your sight today!"
50 : 23
وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
Ahmed Ali
His companion will say: "Here is (the record) I have ready with me."
50 : 24
أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
"Cast each stubborn unbeliever into Hell," (they will be told),
50 : 25
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍۢ مُّرِيبٍ
Ahmed Ali
"Every obstructor of good, transgressor, and the sceptic,
50 : 26
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
Who had set up another god with God. Cast him into severe torment."
50 : 27
۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
His companion will say: "O Lord, I did not lead him to wickedness, but he was himself far astray."
50 : 28
قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
"Do not argue in My presence. I had announced the promise of doom in advance.
50 : 29
مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٍۢ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
There is no changing of My word, nor am I unjust to My creatures."
50 : 30
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
We shall ask Hell that day: "Are you full?" It will answer: "Are there still more?"
50 : 31
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
Ahmed Ali
And Paradise will be brought near, not far from those who took heed for themselves and feared God.
50 : 32
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
"This is what you had been promised," (will be said) to every penitent who remembered (his duty),
50 : 33
مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍۢ مُّنِيبٍ
Ahmed Ali
Who feared Ar-Rahman in secret, and came with a penitent heart:
50 : 34
ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍۢ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ
Ahmed Ali
"Enter it in peace. This is the day of life abiding."
50 : 35
لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Theirs will be whatsoever they wish: And with Us there is more.
50 : 36
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًۭا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
Ahmed Ali
How many generations have We destroyed before them who were mightier in power than they. Then they searched throughout the land to see if there was a way of escape.
50 : 37
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Surely there is a reminder in this for whosoever has a heart (to feel), or takes heed.
50 : 38
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
We created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, in six spans, and no weariness came upon Us.
50 : 39
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
Ahmed Ali
So you bear with patience what they say, and sing the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun and its setting,
50 : 40
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
Ahmed Ali
And glorify Him for some portion of the night, and additional adorations.
50 : 41
وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Take heed that the day the crier calls from a place close (to every one),
50 : 42
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
Ahmed Ali
The day they actually hear the blast, will be the Day of rising of the dead.
50 : 43
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Ahmed Ali
We are the one who give life and death, and to Us will be the destination.
50 : 44
يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
The day the earth will split asunder they will come out hurriedly. This gathering together is easy for Us.
50 : 45
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍۢ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
Ahmed Ali
We are cognisant of what they say; but it is not for you to compel them. So keep on reminding through the Qur'an whoever fears My warning.