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Qaf Section 1 – Nature Testifies The Resurrection

  • The wonder of the disbelievers about the Qur’an, and a Warner being raised from among themselves

  • The birth and the rebirth in nature proves Resurrection to be a fact

  • The fate of the previous disbeliever people

Qaf Verses 1 – 15

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

“In the name of God the Beneficent the Merciful”

ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ

Qaf (Q); By the Glorious Quran (50:1)

بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Nay! wonder they that hath come unto them a warner from among themselves, so say the disbelievers: “This is a wonderful thing!” (50:2)

أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ

“What! when we are dead and have become dust (shall we return)? That is a return far1(from the truth)” (50:3)2

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَعِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ

Indeed, know We what reduceth the earth of them, with Us is a written record that secureth. (50:4)

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِي أَمْرٍ مَرِيجٍ

Nay! they belied3the truth when it came unto them, so they are in a confused state. (50:5)

أَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ فُرُوجٍ

What! See they not up unto the heaven above them how We have made it and adorned it, no gaps are therein. (50:6)

وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

And the earth, We have spread it out, and have cast We therein mountains and have caused We therein the growth of all beauteous kinds, (50:7)4

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُنِيبٍ

To serve insight and as a reminder unto every servant (of God) who turneth (unto His Lord). (50:8)

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُبَارَكًا فَأَنْبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ

And sent We down from the heaven water with blessings, and caused We to grow thereby gardens and the grain which is harvested, (50:9)

وَالنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَاتٍ لَهَا طَلْعٌ نَضِيدٌ

And the tall palm-trees with fruit-stalks, closely set one above another, (50:10)

رِزْقًا لِلْعِبَادِ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ الْخُرُوجُ

A sustenance for the servants, and give We life thereby unto a dead town; Thus will be the Resurrection. (50:11)

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

Belied (also) those before them the people of Noah and the dwellers of Ar-Rass and Thamood, (50:12)5

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَانُ لُوطٍ

And ’Ad and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, (50:13)6

وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

And the dwellers of the Wood and the people of Tubba; all belied the apostles, so was proved true My promise (of the doom). (50:14)7

أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

What! were We then wearied8out with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt about the creation anew.9(50:15)

Commentary

Verse 1

According to Syed Murtaza Alamul Huda (AR).

The use of the letter-symbols to begin the Suras, seem to indicate that the matter following it is not poetry but prose. This seems to refute the opinion that the Holy Qur’an is only an enchanting poetry.

Some commentators conjecture that ‘Q’ stands for some of the qualifying names of God - viz., Qadir, Qahir, Qadeer, Qadeem, Qayyum etc. while some say, it is one of the names of the Holy Qur’an. But all these are only conjectures, the actual meaning is a secret conveyed to the Holy Prophet, who in his turn has conveyed to his divinely commissioned successors, the Holy Imams. It is universally acknowledged that the Holy Prophet declared “I am the City of Knowledge and ‘Ali is its Gate.” Naturally and essentially next to the Holy Prophet, the secrets of the Word of God, i.e., the Holy Qur’an, must be with ‘Ali. No doubt it must necessarily be with the custody of all secrets that ‘Ali is called ‘Mazhar al-Ajaib’, i.e., the Manifestation of Wonders, and ‘Mozhar al-Gharaib’ the Manifester of Marvels.

Verse 3

‘Raj’un’, i.e., a return far from possibility. This is what the disbelievers said about the resurrection. It is said the bodies, of all human beings which are turned into dust after their death shall be resurrected but the bodies of the men of God viz. the apostles, the successors (the Imams) and the martyrs are preserved even after death and they will be raised in their original state on the Day of Judgment. History has proved this fact, in the case of the martyrs of Karbala. The severed head of the Holy Imam Husayn even about a month after it was separated from the holy body of the King of Martyrs, when it was struck with stones pelted at it by the tyrants, fresh blood gushed out of it. The bodies of many martyrs and saints have been found intact even a long time after their death.

As if there is objection to the return, was based on the fact that after death the structure of man perishes and it will not be possible for what is perished to return. The answer is the next verse 4. The death is not a total destruction - God knows what part is gone and what remains.10 (A.P.)

Verse 4

The Book which is preserved and preserves everything in its entirety, i.e., ‘Lauh al-Mahfooz,’ i.e., the ‘Preserved or the Secured Tablet.’ 11

Verse 5

Seeing the truth which the Holy Qur’an, day by day manifested and its getting proved by its acknowledgement by their own leaders, the disbelievers not knowing what to do, were confused for they, owing to their arrogance and obstinacy, would not like to accept it, nor they could hold any longer, against it.

Verse 6

The more and ever more, man uses his brain and his own perfected scientific implements, it only increases his wonder about the heavens and their heavenly wonders. The increase in knowledge, only increases the marvel about the objects, the heavens.

In support of the resurrection, Qur’an draws man’s attention to the continuity of the creation in space and time and that in spite of all the variations, there is no gap. Thus, life in its various stages, is an evolutionary continuity.12 (A.P.)

Verses 8-10

This is the best and the most vivid illustration for every one who can reflect intelligently on the creation of the world around him. A beautiful description of the wonders of nature, proving the Omnipotence and wisdom of its Author.

Verse 11

The resurrection is proved by the example of the dead earth being quickened after it is totally dried and cleared of all its vegetation on it.

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