Qaf
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
ق ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ1
Qaf By the glorious Quran
بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ2
But the disbelievers are amazed that a warner has come from among them and they say, ‘How strange
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ3
To come back [to life] after we have died and become dust? That is too farfetched.’
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ4
We know very well what the earth takes away from them: We keep a comprehensive record
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِي أَمْرٍ مَرِيجٍ5
But the disbelievers deny the truth when it comes to them; they are in a state of confusion
أَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ فُرُوجٍ6
Do they not see the sky above them––how We have built and adorned it, with no rifts in it
وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ7
how We spread out the earth and put solid mountains on it, and caused every kind of joyous plant to grow in it
تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُنِيبٍ8
as a lesson and reminder for every servant who turns to God
وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُبَارَكًا فَأَنْبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ9
and how We send blessed water down from the sky and grow with it gardens, the harvest grain
وَالنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَاتٍ لَهَا طَلْعٌ نَضِيدٌ10
and tall palm trees laden with clusters of dates
رِزْقًا لِلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ الْخُرُوجُ11
as a provision for everyone; how with water We give [new] life to a land that is dead? This is how the dead will emerge [from their graves]
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ12
The people of Noah disbelieved long before these disbelievers, as did the people of Rass, Thamud
وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَانُ لُوطٍ13
Ad, Pharaoh, Lot
وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ14
the Forest-Dwellers, Tubba: all of these people disbelieved their messengers, and so My warning was realized
أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ15
So were We incapable of the first creation? No indeed! Yet they doubt a second creation