Surah Qaf

قٓۚ وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡمَجِيدِ ﴿١﴾

Qaf waalqurani almajeedi

Qaf. By the honored Qur'an

بَلۡ عَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٌ ﴿٢﴾

Bal ʿajiboo an jaahum munthirun minhum faqala alkafiroona hatha shayon ʿajeebun

But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗاۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجۡعُۢ بَعِيدٞ ﴿٣﴾

Aitha mitna wakunna turaban thalika rajʿun baʿeedun

When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return

قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظُۢ ﴿٤﴾

Qad ʿalimna ma tanqusu alardu minhum waʿindana kitabun hafeethun

We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record

بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَمۡرٖ مَّرِيجٍ ﴿٥﴾

Bal kaththaboo bialhaqqi lamma jaahum fahum fee amrin mareejin

But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition

أَفَلَمۡ يَنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٖ ﴿٦﴾

Afalam yanthuroo ila alssamai fawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannaha wama laha min furoojin

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٖ ﴿٧﴾

Waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli zawjin baheejin

And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind

تَبۡصِرَةٗ وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبۡدٖ مُّنِيبٖ ﴿٨﴾

Tabsiratan wathikra likulli ʿabdin muneebin

Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah]

وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ مُّبَٰرَكٗا فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٖ وَحَبَّ ٱلۡحَصِيدِ ﴿٩﴾

Wanazzalna mina alssamai maan mubarakan faanbatna bihi jannatin wahabba alhaseedi

And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

وَٱلنَّخۡلَ بَاسِقَٰتٖ لَّهَا طَلۡعٞ نَّضِيدٞ ﴿١٠﴾

Waalnnakhla basiqatin laha talʿun nadeedun

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers

رِّزۡقٗا لِّلۡعِبَادِۖ وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخُرُوجُ ﴿١١﴾

Rizqan lilʿibadi waahyayna bihi baldatan maytan kathalika alkhurooju

As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the resurrection

كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ ﴿١٢﴾

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waashabu alrrassi wathamoodu

The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَإِخۡوَٰنُ لُوطٖ ﴿١٣﴾

Waʿadun wafirʿawnu waikhwanu lootin

And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ وَقَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖۚ كُلّٞ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ﴿١٤﴾

Waashabu alaykati waqawmu tubbaʿin kullun kaththaba alrrusula fahaqqa waʿeedi

And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubba'. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلۡخَلۡقِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي لَبۡسٖ مِّنۡ خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٖ ﴿١٥﴾

Afaʿayeena bialkhalqi alawwali bal hum fee labsin min khalqin jadeedin

Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُۥۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِيدِ ﴿١٦﴾

Walaqad khalaqna alinsana wanaʿlamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi min habli alwareedi

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein

إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ ﴿١٧﴾

Ith yatalaqqa almutalaqqiyani ʿani alyameeni waʿani alshshimali qaʿeedun

When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left

مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ ﴿١٨﴾

Ma yalfithu min qawlin illa ladayhi raqeebun ʿateedun

Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]

وَجَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيدُ ﴿١٩﴾

Wajaat sakratu almawti bialhaqqi thalika ma kunta minhu taheedu

And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid

وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡوَعِيدِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Wanufikha fee alssoori thalika yawmu alwaʿeedi

And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat

وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٞ وَشَهِيدٞ ﴿٢١﴾

Wajaat kullu nafsin maʿaha saiqun washaheedun

And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness

لَّقَدۡ كُنتَ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفۡنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ حَدِيدٞ ﴿٢٢﴾

Laqad kunta fee ghaflatin min hatha fakashafna ʿanka ghitaaka fabasaruka alyawma hadeedun

[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

Waqala qareenuhu hatha ma ladayya ʿateedun

And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared

أَلۡقِيَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ ﴿٢٤﴾

Alqiya fee jahannama kulla kaffarin ʿaneedin

[Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever

مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٖ مُّرِيبٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mannaʿin lilkhayri muʿtadin mureebin

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلۡقِيَاهُ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ﴿٢٦﴾

Allathee jaʿala maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara faalqiyahu fee alʿathabi alshshadeedi

Who made [as equal] with Allah another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment

۞قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطۡغَيۡتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٖ ﴿٢٧﴾

Qala qareenuhu rabbana ma atghaytuhu walakin kana fee dalalin baʿeedin

His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error

قَالَ لَا تَخۡتَصِمُواْ لَدَيَّ وَقَدۡ قَدَّمۡتُ إِلَيۡكُم بِٱلۡوَعِيدِ ﴿٢٨﴾

Qala la takhtasimoo ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bialwaʿeedi

[Allah] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ ﴿٢٩﴾

Ma yubaddalu alqawlu ladayya wama ana bithallamin lilʿabeedi

The word will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants

يَوۡمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمۡتَلَأۡتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلۡ مِن مَّزِيدٖ ﴿٣٠﴾

Yawma naqoolu lijahannama hali imtalati wataqoolu hal min mazeedin

On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيدٍ ﴿٣١﴾

Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeena ghayra baʿeedin

And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٖ ﴿٣٢﴾

Hatha ma tooʿadoona likulli awwabin hafeethin

[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allah] and keeper [of His covenant]

مَّنۡ خَشِيَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٖ مُّنِيبٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

Man khashiya alrrahmana bialghaybi wajaa biqalbin muneebin

Who feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance]

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُلُودِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Odkhulooha bisalamin thalika yawmu alkhuloodi

Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيدٞ ﴿٣٥﴾

Lahum ma yashaoona feeha waladayna mazeedun

They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا فَنَقَّبُواْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ هَلۡ مِن مَّحِيصٍ ﴿٣٦﴾

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fee albiladi hal min maheesin

And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلۡبٌ أَوۡ أَلۡقَى ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٞ ﴿٣٧﴾

Inna fee thalika lathikra liman kana lahu qalbun aw alqa alssamʿa wahuwa shaheedun

Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind]

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٖ ﴿٣٨﴾

Walaqad khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma fee sittati ayyamin wama massana min lughoobin

And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness

فَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ ٱلۡغُرُوبِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Faisbir ʿala ma yaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooʿi alshshamsi waqabla alghuroobi

So be patient, [O Muhammad], over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَأَدۡبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ ﴿٤٠﴾

Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waadbara alssujoodi

And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration

وَٱسۡتَمِعۡ يَوۡمَ يُنَادِ ٱلۡمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٖ قَرِيبٖ ﴿٤١﴾

Waistamiʿ yawma yunadi almunadi min makanin qareebin

And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near

يَوۡمَ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيۡحَةَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُرُوجِ ﴿٤٢﴾

Yawma yasmaʿoona alssayhata bialhaqqi thalika yawmu alkhurooji

The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves]

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ﴿٤٣﴾

Inna nahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wailayna almaseeru

Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

يَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ عَنۡهُمۡ سِرَاعٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشۡرٌ عَلَيۡنَا يَسِيرٞ ﴿٤٤﴾

Yawma tashaqqaqu alardu ʿanhum siraʿan thalika hashrun ʿalayna yaseerun

On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us

نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِجَبَّارٖۖ فَذَكِّرۡ بِٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ﴿٤٥﴾

Nahnu aʿlamu bima yaqooloona wama anta ʿalayhim bijabbarin fathakkir bialqurani man yakhafu waʿeedi

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant. But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat