Qāf
The Letter "Qaf"
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ق
قٓ ۚ Qaf qaf By the Quran wal-qur'āni the Glorious l-majīdi
Qāf.1 By the honored Qur’ān...2
بَلْ Nay bal they wonder ʿajibū that an has come to them jāahum a warner mundhirun from them min'hum So say faqāla the disbelievers l-kāfirūna This hādhā (is) a thing shayon amazing ʿajībun
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
أَءِذَا What! When a-idhā we die mit'nā and have become wakunnā dust turāban That dhālika (is) a return rajʿun far baʿīdun
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
قَدْ Certainly qad We know ʿalim'nā what mā diminishes tanquṣu the earth l-arḍu of them min'hum and with Us waʿindanā (is) a Book kitābun guarded ḥafīẓun
We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
بَلْ Nay bal they denied kadhabū the truth bil-ḥaqi when lammā it came (to) them jāahum so they fahum (are) in fī a state amrin confused marījin
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.
أَفَلَمْ Then do not afalam they look yanẓurū at ilā the sky l-samāi above them fawqahum how kayfa We structured it banaynāhā and adorned it wazayyannāhā and not wamā for it lahā any min rifts furūjin
Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?
وَٱلْأَرْضَ And the earth wal-arḍa We have spread it out madadnāhā and cast wa-alqaynā therein fīhā firmly set mountains rawāsiya and We made to grow wa-anbatnā therein fīhā of min every kulli kind zawjin beautiful bahījin
And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,
تَبْصِرَةًۭ Giving insight tabṣiratan and a reminder wadhik'rā for every likulli slave ʿabdin who turns munībin
Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allāh].
وَنَزَّلْنَا And We have sent down wanazzalnā from mina the sky l-samāi water māan blessed mubārakan then We made to grow fa-anbatnā thereby bihi gardens jannātin and grain waḥabba (for) the harvest l-ḥaṣīdi
And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
وَٱلنَّخْلَ And the palms trees wal-nakhla tall bāsiqātin for it lahā (are) layers ṭalʿun arranged naḍīdun
And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -
رِّزْقًۭا A provision riz'qan for the slaves lil'ʿibādi and We give life wa-aḥyaynā therewith bihi (to) a land baldatan dead maytan Thus kadhālika (will be) the coming forth l-khurūju
As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].
كَذَّبَتْ Denied kadhabat before them qablahum (the) people qawmu (of) Nuh nūḥin and (the) companions wa-aṣḥābu (of) Ar-Raas l-rasi and Thamud wathamūdu
The people of Noah denied before them,1 and the companions of the well2 and Thamūd
وَعَادٌۭ And Aad waʿādun and Firaun wafir'ʿawnu and (the) brothers wa-ikh'wānu (of) Lut lūṭin
And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ And (the) companions wa-aṣḥābu (of) the wood l-aykati and (the) people waqawmu (of) Tubba tubbaʿin All kullun denied kadhaba the Messengers l-rusula so was fulfilled faḥaqqa My Threat waʿīdi
And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.
أَفَعَيِينَا Were We then tired afaʿayīnā with the creation bil-khalqi the first l-awali Nay bal they hum (are) in fī doubt labsin about min a creation khalqin new jadīdin
Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.