1. Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art Allah.s Messenger..
2. Bal AAajiboo an jaahum munthirun minhum faqala alkafiroona hatha shay-on AAajeebun
2. But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing!
3. A-itha mitna wakunna turaban thalika rajAAun baAAeedun
3. "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."
4. Qad AAalimna ma tanqusu al-ardu minhum waAAindana kitabun hafeethun
4. We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account).
5. Bal kaththaboo bialhaqqi lamma jaahum fahum fee amrin mareejin
5. But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused state.
6. Afalam yanthuroo ila alssama-i fawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannaha wama laha min furoojin
6. Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?
7. Waal-arda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli zawjin baheejin
7. And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)-
8. Tabsiratan wathikra likulli AAabdin muneebin
8. To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to Allah..
9. Wanazzalna mina alssama-i maan mubarakan faanbatna bihi jannatin wahabba alhaseedi
9. And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests;
10. Waalnnakhla basiqatin laha talAAun nadeedun
10. And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another;-
11. Rizqan lilAAibadi waahyayna bihi baldatan maytan kathalika alkhurooju
11. As sustenance for ((Allah)'s) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.
12. Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waas-habu alrrassi wathamoodu
12. Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud,
13. WaAAadun wafirAAawnu wa-ikhwanu lootin
13. The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,
14. Waas-habu al-aykati waqawmu tubbaAAin kullun kaththaba alrrusula fahaqqa waAAeedi
14. The Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one (of them) rejected the apostles, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in them).
15. AfaAAayeena bialkhalqi al-awwali bal hum fee labsin min khalqin jadeedin
15. Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation?