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

50:1 قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ
50:1
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Qaf. By the glorious Quran.

50:2 بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
50:2
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
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.’

50:3 أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
50:3
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
‘What! When we are dead and have become dust, [shall we be raised again]? That is a far-fetched return!’

50:4 قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ
50:4
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
We know what the earth diminishes from them, and with Us is a preserving Book.

50:5 بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ
50:5
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Indeed, they denied the truth when it came to them; so they are now in a perplexed state of affairs.

50:6 أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ
50:6
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
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?

50:7 وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
50:7
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
And We spread out the earth, and cast in it firm mountains, and caused every delightful kind [of vegetation] to grow in it.

50:8 تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
50:8
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
[In this there is] an insight and admonition for every penitent servant.

50:9 وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ
50:9
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
We send down from the sky salubrious water, with which We grow gardens and the grain which is harvested,

50:10 وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ
50:10
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
and tall date palms with regularly set spathes,

50:11 رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ
50:11
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
as a provision for Our servants, and with it We revive a dead country. Likewise will be the rising [from the dead].

50:12 كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
50:12
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
The people of Noah denied before them, and [so did] the people of Rass and Thamud,

50:13 وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ
50:13
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
and ‘Ad, Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,

50:14 وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
50:14
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
and the inhabitants of Aykah and the people of Tubbac. Each [of them] impugned the apostles, and so My threat became due [against them].

50:15 أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
50:15
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Have We been exhausted by the first creation? No, they are in doubt about a new creation.

50:16 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
50:16
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Certainly We have created man and We know to what his soul tempts him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

50:17 إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
50:17
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
When the twin recorders record [his deeds], seated on the right hand and on the left:

50:18 مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ
50:18
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
he says no word but that there is a ready observer beside him.

50:19 وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
50:19
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
The throes of death bring the truth: ‘This is what you used to shun!’

50:20 وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ
50:20
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
And the Trumpet will be blown: ‘This is the promised day.’

50:21 وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ
50:21
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Every soul will come accompanied by [two angels], a driver, and a witness:

50:22 لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ
50:22
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
[he will be told] ‘You were certainly oblivious of this. We have removed your veil from you, and so today your eyesight is acute.’

50:23 وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
50:23
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Then his companion [angel] will say, ‘This is what is ready with me [of his record of deeds].’

50:24 أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
50:24
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
[The two angels accompany him will be told,] ‘Cast every obdurate ingrate into hell,

50:25 مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ
50:25
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
[every] hinderer of good, transgressor, and skeptic,

50:26 ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ
50:26
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
who had set up another god along with Allah and cast him into the severe punishment.’

50:27 ۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
50:27
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
His companion [devil] will say, ‘Our Lord! I did not incite him to rebel [against You], but he was [himself] in extreme error.’

50:28 قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
50:28
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
He will say, ‘Do not wrangle in My presence, for I had already warned you in advance.

50:29 مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
50:29
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
The word [of judgement] is unalterable with Me, and I am not tyrannical to My servants.’

50:30 يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ
50:30
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
The day when We shall say to hell, ‘Are you full?’ It will say, ‘Is there any more?’

50:31 وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
50:31
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
And paradise will be brought near for the Godwary, it will not be distant [any more]:

50:32 هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ
50:32
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
‘This is what you were promised. [It is] for every penitent and dutiful [servant]

50:33 مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ
50:33
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
who fears the All-beneficent in secret and comes with a penitent heart.

50:34 ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ
50:34
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Enter it in peace! This is the day of immortality.’

50:35 لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
50:35
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
There they will have whatever they wish, and with Us there is yet more.

50:36 وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
50:36
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
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]?

50:37 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
50:37
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
There is indeed an admonition in that for one who has a heart, or gives ear, being attentive.

50:38 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ
50:38
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Certainly We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, in six days, and any fatigue did not touch Us.

50:39 فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
50:39
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
So be patient at what they say, and celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the sunset,

50:40 وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
50:40
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
and glorify Him through part of the night and after the prostrations.

50:41 وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
50:41
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
And be on the alert for the day when the caller calls from a close quarter,

50:42 يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
50:42
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
the day when they hear the Cry in all truth. That is the day of rising [from the dead].

50:43 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ
50:43
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the [final] destination.

50:44 يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ
50:44
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
The day the earth is split open for [disentombing] them, [they will come out] hastening. That mustering is easy for Us [to carry out].

50:45 نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
50:45
Ali Quli Qarai (English) :
We know well what they say, and you are not there to compel them. So admonish by the Quran those who fear My threat.