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Qaf
The Letter "Qaf"
Surah-50 | Ayahs-45
Before reciting Holy Quran

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

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قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ

Qaaaf; wal Qur aanil Majeed

Qaf. By the glorious Quran.

Holy Quran 50:1

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بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Bal 'ajibooo an jaa'ahum munzirum minhum faqaalal kaafiroona haazaa shai'un 'ajeeb

Indeed they consider it odd that a warner from among themselves should have come to them. So the faithless say, ‘This is an odd thing.’

Holy Quran 50:2

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

'A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaaban zaalika raj'um ba'eed

‘What! When we are dead and have become dust, [shall we be raised again]? That is a far-fetched return!’

Holy Quran 50:3

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قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ

Qad 'alimnaa maa tanqu-sul-ardu minhum wa 'indanaa Kitaabun Hafeez

We know what the earth diminishes from them, and with Us is a preserving Book.

Holy Quran 50:4

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بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

Bal kazzaboo bilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum fahum feee amrim mareej

Indeed, they denied the truth when it came to them; so they are now in a perplexed state of affairs.

Holy Quran 50:5

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أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

Afalam yanzurooo ilas samaaa'i fawqahum kaifa banainaahaa wa zaiyannaahaa wa maa lahaa min furooj

Have they not, then, observed the heaven above them, how We have built it and adorned it, and that there are no cracks in it?

Holy Quran 50:6

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وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

Wal arda madadnaahaa wa alqainaa feehaa rawaasiya wa ambatnaa feehaa min kulli zawjim baheej

And We spread out the earth, and cast in it firm mountains, and caused every delightful kind [of vegetation] to grow in it.

Holy Quran 50:7

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تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Tabsiratanw wa zikraa likulli 'abdim muneeb

[In this there is] an insight and admonition for every penitent servant.

Holy Quran 50:8

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وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

Wa nazzalnaa minas samaaa'i maaa'am mubaarakan fa ambatnaa bihee jannaatinw wa habbal haseed

We send down from the sky salubrious water, with which We grow gardens and the grain which is harvested,

Holy Quran 50:9

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وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

Wannakhla baasiqaatil laha tal'un nadeed

and tall date palms with regularly set spathes,

Holy Quran 50:10

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رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ

Rizqal lil'ibaad, wa ahyainaa bihee baldatam maitaa; kazaalikal khurooj

as a provision for Our servants, and with it We revive a dead country. Likewise will be the rising [from the dead].

Holy Quran 50:11

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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

Kazzabat qablahum qawmu Noohinw wa Ashaabur Rassi wa Samood

The people of Noah denied before them, and [so did] the people of Rass and Thamud,

Holy Quran 50:12

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وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

Wa 'Aadunw wa Fir'awnu wikhwaanu loot

and ‘Ad, Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,

Holy Quran 50:13

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وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

Wa Ashaabul Aykati wa qawmu Tubba'; kullun kazzabar Rusula fahaqqa wa'eed

and the inhabitants of Aykah and the people of Tubbac. Each [of them] impugned the apostles, and so My threat became due [against them].

Holy Quran 50:14

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أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

Afa'a yeenaa bilkhalqil awwal; bal hum fee labsim min khalqin jadeed

Have We been exhausted by the first creation? No, they are in doubt about a new creation.

Holy Quran 50:15

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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana wa na'lamu maa tuwaswisu bihee nafsuhoo wa Nahnu aqrabu ilaihi min hablil wareed

Certainly We have created man and We know to what his soul tempts him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

Holy Quran 50:16

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إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

'Iz yatalaqqal mutalaqqi yaani 'anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali qa'eed

When the twin recorders record [his deeds], seated on the right hand and on the left:

Holy Quran 50:17

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مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

Maa yalfizu min qawlin illaa ladaihi raqeebun 'ateed

he says no word but that there is a ready observer beside him.

Holy Quran 50:18

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وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Wa jaaa'at kullu nafsim ma'ahaa saaa'iqunw wa shaheed

The throes of death bring the truth: ‘This is what you used to shun!’

Holy Quran 50:19

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وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

Wa nufikha fis Soor; zaalika yawmul wa'eed

And the Trumpet will be blown: ‘This is the promised day.’

Holy Quran 50:20

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وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

Wa jaaa'at kullu nafsim ma'ahaa saaa'iqunw wa shaheed

Every soul will come accompanied by [two angels], a driver, and a witness:

Holy Quran 50:21

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لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

Laqad kunta fee ghaf latim min haazaa fakashafnaa 'anka ghitaaa'aka fabasarukal yawma hadeed

[he will be told] ‘You were certainly oblivious of this. We have removed your veil from you, and so today your eyesight is acute.’

Holy Quran 50:22

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وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

Wa qaala qareenuhoo haazaa maa ladaiya 'ateed

Then his companion [angel] will say, ‘This is what is ready with me [of his record of deeds].’

Holy Quran 50:23

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أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Alqiyaa fee Jahannama kulla kaffaarin 'aneed

[The two angels accompany him will be told,] ‘Cast every obdurate ingrate into hell,

Holy Quran 50:24

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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

Mannaa'il lilkhayri mu'tadim mureeb

[every] hinderer of good, transgressor, and skeptic,

Holy Quran 50:25

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ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

Allazee ja'ala ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara fa alqiyaahu fil'azaabish shadeed

who had set up another god along with Allah and cast him into the severe punishment.’

Holy Quran 50:26

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۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Qaala qareenuhoo Rabbanaa maaa atghaituhoo wa laakin kaana fee dalaahim ba'eed

His companion [devil] will say, ‘Our Lord! I did not incite him to rebel [against You], but he was [himself] in extreme error.’

Holy Quran 50:27

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قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

Qaala laa takhtasimoo ladaayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaikum bilwa'eed

He will say, ‘Do not wrangle in My presence, for I had already warned you in advance.

Holy Quran 50:28

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مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Maa yubaddalul qawlu ladaiya wa maaa ana bizal laamil lil'abeed

The word [of judgement] is unalterable with Me, and I am not tyrannical to My servants.’

Holy Quran 50:29

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يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ

Yawma naqoolu li'jahannama halim talaati wa taqoolu hal mim mazeed

The day when We shall say to hell, ‘Are you full?’ It will say, ‘Is there any more?’

Holy Quran 50:30

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وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

Wa uzlifatil jannatu lil muttaqeena ghaira ba'eed

And paradise will be brought near for the Godwary, it will not be distant [any more]:

Holy Quran 50:31

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هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

Haaza maa too'adoona likulli awwaabin hafeez

‘This is what you were promised. [It is] for every penitent and dutiful [servant]

Holy Quran 50:32

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مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Man khashiyar Rahmaana bilghaibi wa jaaa'a biqalbim muneeb

who fears the All-beneficent in secret and comes with a penitent heart.

Holy Quran 50:33

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ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

Udkhuloohaa bisalaamin zaalika yawmul khulood

Enter it in peace! This is the day of immortality.’

Holy Quran 50:34

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لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

Lahum maa yashaaa'oona feehaa wa ladainaa mazed

There they will have whatever they wish, and with Us there is yet more.

Holy Quran 50:35

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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

Wa kam ahlaknaa qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fil bilaad, hal mim mahees

How many generations We have destroyed before them, who were stronger than these, insomuch that they ransacked the towns?! So, is there any escape [from Allah’s punishment]?

Holy Quran 50:36

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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

Inna fee zaalika lazikraa liman kaana lahoo qalbun aw alqas sam'a wa huwa shaheed

There is indeed an admonition in that for one who has a heart, or gives ear, being attentive.

Holy Quran 50:37

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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ

Wa laqad khalaqnas samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaa fee sittati ayyaamin wa maa massanaa mil lughoob

Certainly We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, in six days, and any fatigue did not touch Us.

Holy Quran 50:38

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فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ

Fasbir 'alaa maa yaqooloona wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika qabla tuloo'ish shamsi wa qablal ghuroob

So be patient at what they say, and celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the sunset,

Holy Quran 50:39

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وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ

Wa minal laili fasabbih hu wa adbaaras sujood

and glorify Him through part of the night and after the prostrations.

Holy Quran 50:40

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وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

Wastami' yawma yunaa dil munaadi mim makaanin qareeb

And be on the alert for the day when the caller calls from a close quarter,

Holy Quran 50:41

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يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

Yawma yasmaoonas sai hata bilhaqq zaalika yawmul khurooj

the day when they hear the Cry in all truth. That is the day of rising [from the dead].

Holy Quran 50:42

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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Innaa Nahnu nuhyee wa numeetu wa ilainal maseer

Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the [final] destination.

Holy Quran 50:43

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يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

Yawma tashaqqaqul ardu 'anhum siraa'aa; zaalika hashrun 'alainaa yaseer

The day the earth is split open for [disentombing] them, [they will come out] hastening. That mustering is easy for Us [to carry out].

Holy Quran 50:44

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نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

Nahnu a'lamu bimaa yaqooloona wa maaa anta 'alihim bijabbaarin fazakkir bil quraani many yakhaafu wa'eed

We know well what they say, and you are not there to compel them. So admonish by the Quran those who fear My threat.

Holy Quran 50:45