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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

50:1 قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ
50:1 Qaf. By the glorious Koran! - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:2 بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
50:2 Nay, but they marvel that a warner has come to them from among them; and the unbelievers say, 'This is a marvellous thing! - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:3 أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
50:3 What, when we are dead and become dust? That is a far returning!' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:4 قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ
50:4 We know what the earth diminishes of them; with Us is a book recording. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:5 بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ
50:5 Nay, but they cried lies to the truth when it came to them, and so they are in a case confused. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:6 أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ
50:6 What, have they not beheld heaven above them, how We have built it, and decked it out fair, and it has no cracks? - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:7 وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
50:7 And the earth -- We stretched it forth, and cast on it firm mountains, and We caused to grow therein of every joyous kind - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:8 تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
50:8 for an insight and a reminder to every penitent servant. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:9 وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ
50:9 And We sent down out of heaven water blessed, and caused to grow thereby gardens and grain of harvest - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:10 وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ
50:10 and tall palm-trees with spathes compact, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:11 رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ
50:11 a provision for the servants, and thereby We revived a land that was dead. Even so is the coming forth. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:12 كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
50:12 Cried lies before them the people of Noah and the men of Er-Rass, and Thamood, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:13 وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ
50:13 and Ad and Pharaoh, the brothers of Lot, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:14 وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
50:14 the men of the Thicket, the people of Tubba'. Every one cried lies to the Messengers, and My threat came true. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:15 أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
50:15 What, were We wearied by the first creation? No indeed; but they are in uncertainty as to the new creation. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:16 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
50:16 We indeed created man; and We know what his soul whispers within him, and We are nearer to him than the jugular vein. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:17 إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
50:17 When the two angels meet together, sitting one on the right, and one on the left, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:18 مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ
50:18 not a word he utters, but by him is an observer ready. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:19 وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
50:19 And death's agony comes in truth; that is what thou wast shunning! - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:20 وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ
50:20 And the Trumpet shall be blown; that is the Day of the Threat. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:21 وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ
50:21 And every soul shall come, and with it a driver and a witness. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:22 لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ
50:22 'Thou wast heedless of this; therefore We have now removed from thee thy covering, and so thy sight today is piercing.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:23 وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
50:23 And his comrade shall say, 'This is what I have, made ready.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:24 أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
50:24 'Cast, you twain, into Gehenna every froward unbeliever, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:25 مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ
50:25 every hinderer of the good, transgressor, disquieter, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:26 ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ
50:26 who set up with God another god; therefore, you twain, cast him into the terrible chastisement.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:27 ۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
50:27 And his comrade shall say, 'Our Lord, I made him not insolent, but he was in far error.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:28 قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
50:28 He shall say, 'Dispute not before Me! For I sent you beforehand -- the threat. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:29 مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
50:29 The Word is not changed with Me; I wrong not My servants.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:30 يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ
50:30 Upon the day We shall say unto Gehenna, 'Art thou filled?' And it shall say, 'Are there any more to come?' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:31 وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
50:31 And Paradise shall be brought forward to the godfearing, not afar: - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:32 هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ
50:32 'This is that you were promised; it is for every mindful penitent.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:33 مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ
50:33 Whosoever fears the All-merciful in the Unseen, and comes with a penitent heart: - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:34 ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ
50:34 'Enter it in peace! This is the Day of Eternity.' - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:35 لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
50:35 Therein they shall have whatever they will; and with Us there is yet more. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:36 وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
50:36 How many a generation We destroyed before them that was stronger in valour than they, then they searched about in the land; was there any asylum? - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:37 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
50:37 Surely in that there is a reminder to him who has a heart, or will give ear with a present mind. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:38 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ
50:38 We created the heavens and the earth, and what between them is, in six days, and no weariness touched Us. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:39 فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
50:39 So be thou patient under what they say, and proclaim thy Lord's praise before the rising of the sun, and before its setting, - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:40 وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
50:40 and proclaim thy Lord's praise in the night, and at the ends of the prostrations. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:41 وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
50:41 And listen thou for the day when the caller shall call from a near place. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:42 يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
50:42 On the day they hear the Cry in truth, that is the day of coming forth. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:43 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ
50:43 It is We who give life, and make to die, and to Us is the homecoming. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:44 يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ
50:44 Upon the day when the earth is split asunder from about them as they hasten forth; that is a mustering easy for Us. - A. J. Arberry (English)

50:45 نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
50:45 We know very well what they say; thou art not a tyrant over them. Therefore remind by the Koran him who fears My threat. - A. J. Arberry (English)