English Translation of Quran Surat Qâf 1:45 Translation: Mamdouk Bickthal
English Translation of Quran Surat
Qâf
1:45
Translation: Mamdouk Bickthal
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[50:1]
Qaf. By the Glorious Qur’an,
[50:2]
Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:
[50:3]
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again) ? That would be a far return!
[50:4]
We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
[50:5]
Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
[50:6]
Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein ?
[50:7]
And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
[50:8]
A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.
[50:9]
And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
[50:10]
And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,
[50:11]
Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.
[50:12]
The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,
[50:13]
And (the tribe of) A’ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,
[50:14]
And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb’a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.
[50:15]
Were We then worn out by the first creation ? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
[50:16]
We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
[50:17]
When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
[50:18]
He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.
[50:19]
And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.
[50:20]
And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.
[50:21]
And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.
[50:22]
(And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.
[50:23]
And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).
[50:24]
(And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,
[50:25]
Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,
[50:26]
Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.
[50:27]
His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.
[50:28]
He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.
[50:29]
The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.
[50:30]
On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled ? and it saith: Can there be more to come ?
[50:31]
And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.
[50:32]
(And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,
[50:33]
Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.
[50:34]
Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.
[50:35]
There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.
[50:36]
And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came) ?
[50:37]
Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.
[50:38]
And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.
[50:39]
Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;
[50:40]
And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.
[50:41]
And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,
[50:42]
The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).
[50:43]
Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.
[50:44]
On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).
[50:45]
We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur’an him who feareth My threat.
