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Qaf · The Letter "Qaf"
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
قٓ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِQāf. By the honored Qur’ān...بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌBut they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌWhen we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢWe know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍBut they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍHave they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍAnd the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍGiving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allāh].وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِAnd We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvestوَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌAnd lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُAs provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُThe people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamūdوَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍAnd ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lotوَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِAnd the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍDid We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.