Surah Qaf
Q.: By the glorious Recital!
- Thomas Cleary
But they think it strange that a warner has come to them from their midst. And those who scoff say, “This is an astonishing thing—
- Thomas Cleary
“when we have died and are dust...? That’s a remote return!”
- Thomas Cleary
We know what part of them the earth consumes; and We have an indelible record.
- Thomas Cleary
But they rejected truth when it came to them, so they are in a state of confusion.
- Thomas Cleary
Haven’t they observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and adorned it, without any gap in it?
- Thomas Cleary
And the earth—We lay it out, and set on it mountains, and made every beautiful species grow there,
- Thomas Cleary
as enlightenment and reminder for every repentant devotee.
- Thomas Cleary
And We send down from the sky blessed water, making gardens sprout thereby, and seeds yielding crops,
- Thomas Cleary
and the lofty date palm, with layers of fruit stalks,
- Thomas Cleary