Surah Qaf ayat 1 Tafsir Quran 50:1

﴿ق ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ﴾
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50:1 Qaf. By the honored Qur'an...

Qāf God knows best what He means by this letter. By the glorious Qur’ān by the noble Qur’ān the disbelievers of Mecca have certainly not believed in Muhammad (s).

Qaf, and by what it represents and what it stands for as a natural symbol of adoration, and by the distinguished Quran featuring the glory of Allah Who is the final cause of creation and the highest aim of intelligent creatures

(50:1) Qaf. By the glorious Qur'an. *1

Qaf. By the honored Qur'an... meaning

*1) The word " majid " is used for expressing two meanings in Arabic: for expressing the high rank, status, honor and dignity of a person, and for saying that somebody is highly generous, charitable and beneficent.
This word has been used for the Qur'an in both these meanings.
The Qur'an is great and glorious in the sense that no book of the world can be brought up against it.
It is a miracle both in its language and literary excellence and in its teaching and wisdom.
Humans were helpless to produce the like of it at the time when it was sent down and are likewise helpless even today.
Nothing of it could ever be proved wrong in any age, nor can anything of it be proved wrong in the present age.
Falsehood can neither attack it from the front nor from the rear, and defeat it.
And it is generous and beneficent in the sense that the more a man goes on trying to gain guidance from it, the more of guidance it goes on giving him, and the more he follows and obeys its commands and instructions the more he continues to be blessed with good, things of the world and the Hereafter.
There is no limit to its benefits and advantages where a man may become independent of it, and where it may cease to be beneficial and useful for him.

 

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn ’Abbas that he said in the interpretation of Allah’s saying ( Qaf. ): ’( Qaf. ) He says: it is an azure mountain overlooking this world, and the colour of the sky takes from it; Allah swore by it, ( By the glorious Qur’an ) and He swore by the glorious, noble Qur’an,

Qaf. [These letters (Qaf, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the Glorious Quran.

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