ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ Qāf.
CONSIDER this sublime Qur'ān! (1) بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ But nay – they deem it strange that a warner should have come unto them from their own midst; and so these deniers of the truth are saying, "A strange thing is this! (2) أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ Why -[how could we be resurrected] after we have died and become mere dust? Such a return seems far-fetched indeed!" (3) قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَعِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ Well do We know how the earth consumes their bodies, for with Us is a record unfailing. (4) بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِي أَمْرٍ مَرِيجٍ Nay, but they [who refuse to believe in resurrection] have been wont to give the lie to this truth whenever it was proffered to them; and so they are in a state of confusion. (5) أَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ فُرُوجٍ Do they not look at the sky above them – how We have built it and made it beautiful and free of all faults? (6) وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ And the earth – We have spread it wide, and set upon it mountains firm, and caused it to bring forth plants of all beauteous kinds, (7) تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُنِيبٍ thus offering an insight and a reminder unto every human being who willingly turns unto God. (8) وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُبَارَكًا فَأَنْبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ And We send down from the skies water rich in blessings, and cause thereby gardens to grow, and fields of grain, (9) وَالنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَاتٍ لَهَا طَلْعٌ نَضِيدٌ and tall palm-trees with their thickly-clustered dates, (10) |
Abdullah Yusuf Ali Qaf:4939 By the Glorious4940 Qur?an (Thou art Allah's Messenger. (Translation) 4939. This is an Abbreviated Letter. For Abbreviated letters generally, see Appendix I. This particular Abbreviated Letter Qaf occurs only here as a single letter, and in combination at the beginning of S. 42, where I was unable to explain the full combination. Here the Qaf is taken by several Commentators to represent Qudiya al Amr, "the matter has been decreed," with reference to the eschatological trend of the Surah. Allah knows best. 4940. Majid (translated "Glorious") is one of the beautiful appellations of the Qur'an. Its glory is that of the rising sun: the more it rises on your mental and spiritual horizon, the more you are lost in admiration of its glory. Its meanings are manifest and inexhaustible. The greater your experience, the more light is your spiritual eye able to bear. And in that glory is a beauty that none can tell who has not experienced it in his soul. It is itself the proof of the mission of the Prophet. Buy this commentary from Amazon  .Other Translations of Verse : • Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art Allah's Messenger). (Abdullah Yusuf Ali) • Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an, (Mohamed Marmaduke Pickthall) • Qaf. I swear by the glorious Quran (that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) (M. H. Shakir) • Qaf. [These letters (Qaf, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Qur'an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the Glorious Qur'an. (Taqiuddin Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan) • Qaf. By the Qur'an glorious, We have sent thee as a warner. (Abdul-Majid Daryabadi) • Qaaf. By the Glorious Koran! (Hassan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish) • Qaf __ by the Glorious Qur'an; but they wonder that a warner (Muhammad Ayub Khan) • Q?f. We cite the glorious Qur'?n (as a proof that the great Resurrection is sure to take place). (Sher Ali) • Qāf.
CONSIDER this sublime Qur'ān! (Muhammad Asad) • Qaf. By the glorious Koran! (Arthur John Arberry) |