| 1 | Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art Allah's Messenger). | |
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| 2 | But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing! | |
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| 3 | "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)." | |
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| 4 | We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account). | |
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| 5 | But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state. | |
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| 6 | Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it? | |
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| 7 | And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)- | |
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| 8 | To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to Allah). | |
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| 9 | And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests; | |
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| 10 | And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another;- | |
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| 11 | As sustenance for (Allah's) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection. | |
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| 12 | Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud, | |
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| 13 | The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut, | |
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| 14 | The Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one (of them) rejected the messengers, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in them). | |
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| 15 | Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation? | |
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| 16 | It 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. | |
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| 17 | Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left. | |
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| 18 | Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it). | |
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| 19 | And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!" | |
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| 20 | And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof Warning (had been given). | |
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| 21 | And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to drive, and an (angel) to bear witness. | |
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| 22 | (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!" | |
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| 23 | And his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record) ready with me!" | |
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| 24 | (The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious Rejecter (of Allah)!- | |
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| 25 | "Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast doubts and suspicions; | |
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| 26 | "Who set up another god beside Allah: Throw him into a severe penalty." | |
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| 27 | His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he was (himself) far astray." | |
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| 28 | He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had already in advance sent you Warning. | |
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| 29 | "The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice to My Servants." | |
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| 30 | One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?" | |
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| 31 | And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant. | |
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| 32 | (A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you,- for every one who turned (to Allah) in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law), | |
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| 33 | "Who feared (Allah) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him): | |
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| 34 | "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life!" | |
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| 35 | There will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more besides in Our Presence. | |
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| 36 | But 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)? | |
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| 37 | Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and understanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth). | |
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| 38 | We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us. | |
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| 39 | Bear, then, with patience, all that they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting. | |
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| 40 | And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so likewise) after the postures of adoration. | |
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| 41 | And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,- | |
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| 42 | The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection. | |
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| 43 | Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal- | |
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| 44 | The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurrying out: that will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us. | |
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| 45 | We 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! | |
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