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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. I swear by the glorious Quran (that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah) - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:2 بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
50:2 Nay! they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, so the unbelievers say: This is a wonderful thing: - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:3 أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
50:3 What! when we are dead and have become dust? That is afar (from probable) return. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:4 قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ
50:4 We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a writing that preserves. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:5 بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ
50:5 Nay, they rejected the truth when it came to them, so they are (now) in a state of confusion. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:6 أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ
50:6 Do they not then look up to heaven above them how We have made it and adorned it and it has no gaps? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:7 وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
50:7 And the earth, We have made it plain and cast in it mountains and We have made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:8 تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
50:8 To give sight and as a reminder to every servant who turns frequently (to Allah). - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:9 وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ
50:9 And We send down from the cloud water abounding in good, then We cause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is reaped, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:10 وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ
50:10 And the tall palm-trees having spadices closely set one above another, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:11 رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ
50:11 A sustenance for the servants, and We give life thereby to a dead land; thus is the rising. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:12 كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
50:12 (Others) before them rejected (prophets): the people of Nuh and the dwellers of Ar-Rass and Samood, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:13 وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ
50:13 And Ad and Firon and Lut's brethren, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:14 وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
50:14 And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tuba; all rejected the apostles, so My threat came to pass. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:15 أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
50:15 Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt with regard to a new creation. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:16 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
50:16 And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his life-vein. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:17 إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
50:17 When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:18 مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ
50:18 He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:19 وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
50:19 And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what you were trying to escape. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:20 وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ
50:20 And the trumpet shall be blown; that is the day of the threatening. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

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

50:22 لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ
50:22 Certainly you were heedless of it, but now We have removed from you your veil, so your sight today is sharp. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:23 وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
50:23 And his companions shall say: This is what is ready with me. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:24 أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
50:24 Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:25 مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ
50:25 Forbidder of good, exceeder of limits, doubter, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:26 ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ
50:26 Who sets up another god with Allah, so do cast him into severe chastisement. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:27 ۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
50:27 His companion will say: Our Lord! I did not lead him into inordinacy but he himself was in a great error. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:28 قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
50:28 He will say: Do not quarrel in My presence, and indeed I gave you the threatening beforehand: - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:29 مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
50:29 My word shall not be changed, nor am I in the least unjust to the servants. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:30 يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ
50:30 On the day that We will say to hell: Are you filled up? And it will say: Are there any more? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:31 وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
50:31 And the garden shall be brought near to those who guard (against evil), not far off: - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:32 هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ
50:32 This is what you were promised, (it is) for every one who turns frequently (to Allah), keeps (His limits); - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:33 مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ
50:33 Who fears the Beneficent Allah in secret and comes with a penitent heart: - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:34 ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ
50:34 Enter it in peace, that is the day of abiding. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:35 لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
50:35 They have therein what they wish and with Us is more yet. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:36 وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
50:36 And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:37 إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
50:37 Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:38 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ
50:38 And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods and there touched Us not any fatigue. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:39 فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
50:39 Therefore be patient of what they say, and sing the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:40 وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
50:40 And glorify Him in the night and after the prayers. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:41 وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
50:41 And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a near place - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:42 يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
50:42 The day when they shall hear the cry in truth; that is the day of coming forth. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:43 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ
50:43 Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the eventual coming; - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:44 يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ
50:44 The day on which the earth shall cleave asunder under them, they will make haste; that is a gathering together easy to Us. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)

50:45 نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
50:45 We know best what they say, and you are not one to compel them; therefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My threat. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)