Surah Qaf

قٓ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ ۝١

Qaaf, wal-qur'aanil-majeed

Qāf. By the honored Qur’ān...

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ ۝٢

Bal `ajiboo an jaa'ahum mundhirum minhum faqaalal-kaafiroona haadhaa shay'un `ajeeb

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

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ ۝٣

A'idhaa mitnaa wakunnaa turaabaa, dhaalika raj`um ba`eed

When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ ۝٤

Qad `alimnaa maa tanqusul-ardu minhum, wa`indanaa kitaabun hafeez

We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ ۝٥

Bal kadhdhaboo bil-haqqi lammaa jaa'ahum fahum fee amrim mareej

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

أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ ۝٦

Afalam yanzuroo ilas-samaa'i fawqahum kayfa banaynaahaa wazayyannaahaa wamaa lahaa min furooj

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

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ ۝٧

Wal-arda madadnaahaa wa'alqaynaa feehaa rawaasiya wa'ambatnaa feehaa min kulli zawjim baheej

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

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ ۝٨

Tabsirataw wadhikraa likulli `abdim muneeb

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

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ ۝٩

Wanazzalnaa minas-samaa'i maa'am mubaarakan fa'ambatnaa bihee jannaatiw wahabbal-haseed

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

وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ ۝١٠

Wan-nakhla baasiqaatil lahaa tal`un nadeed

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ ۝١١

Rizqal lil-`ibaadi wa'ahyaynaa bihee baldatam maytaa, kadhaalikal-khurooj

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

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ ۝١٢

Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu noohiw wa'ashaabur-rassi wathamood

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

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ ۝١٣

Wa`aaduw wafir`awnu wa'ikhwaanu loot

And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ۝١٤

Wa'ashaabul-aykati waqawmu tubba`, kullun kadhdhabar-rusula fahaqqa wa`eed

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

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ۝١٥

Afa`ayeenaa bil-khalqil-awwal, bal hum fee labsim min khalqin jadeed

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

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ ۝١٦

Walaqad khalaqnal-insaana wana`lamu maa tuwaswisu bihee nafsuh, wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi min hablil-wareed

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

إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ ۝١٧

Idh yatalaqqal-mutalaqqiyaani `anil-yameeni wa`anish-shimaali qa`eed

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive, seated on the right and on the left.

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ۝١٨

Maa yalfizu min qawlin illaa ladayhi raqeebun `ateed

He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ ۝١٩

Wajaa'at sakratul-mawti bil-haqq, dhaalika maa kunta minhu taheed

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

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ ۝٢٠

Wanufikha fis-soor, dhaalika yawmul-wa`eed

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

وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ ۝٢١

Wajaa'at kullu nafsim ma`ahaa saa'iquw washaheed

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

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ ۝٢٢

Laqad kunta fee ghaflatim min haadhaa fakashafnaa `anka ghitaa'aka fabasarukal-yawma hadeed

[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 لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ ۝٢٣

Waqaala qareenuhoo haadhaa maa ladayya `ateed

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

أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ۝٢٤

Al-qiyaa fee jahannama kulla kaffaarin `aneed

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

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ ۝٢٥

Mannaa`il lil-khayri mu`tadim mureeb

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ۝٢٦

Al-ladhee ja`ala ma`allaahi ilaahan aakhara fa'alqiyaahu fil-`adhaabish-shadeed

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

قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ۝٢٧

Qaala qareenuhoo rabbanaa maa atghaytuhoo walaakin kaana fee dalaalim ba`eed

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

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ ۝٢٨

Qaala laa takhtasimoo ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-wa`eed

[Allāh] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the threat [i.e., warning].

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ۝٢٩

Maa yubaddalul-qawlu ladayya wamaa ana bizallaamil lil-`abeed

The word [i.e., decree] will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."

يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ ۝٣٠

Yawma naqoolu lijahannama halimtala'ti wataqoolu hal mim mazeed

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

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ۝٣١

Wa'uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqeena ghayra ba`eed

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

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ ۝٣٢

Haadhaa maa too`adoona likulli awwaabin hafeez

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

مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ ۝٣٣

Man khashiyar-rahmaana bil-ghaybi wajaa'a biqalbim muneeb

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

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ ۝٣٤

Udkhuloohaa bisalaam, dhaalika yawmul-khulood

Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ ۝٣٥

Lahum maa yashaa'oona feehaa waladaynaa mazeed

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

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ ۝٣٦

Wakam ahlaknaa qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fil-bilaad, hal mim mahees

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 فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ ۝٣٧

Inna fee dhaalika ladhikraa liman kaana lahoo qalbun aw alqas-sam`a wahuwa shaheed

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

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ ۝٣٨

Walaqad khalaqnas-samaawaati wal-arda wamaa baynahumaa fee sittati ayyaam, wamaa massanaa mil lughoob

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

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ ۝٣٩

Fasbir `alaa maa yaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tuloo`ish-shamsi waqablal-ghuroob

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

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ ۝٤٠

Waminal-layli fasabbihhu wa'adbaaras-sujood

And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration [i.e., prayer].

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ ۝٤١

Wastami` yawma yunaadil-munaadi mim makaanin qareeb

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

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ ۝٤٢

Yawma yasma`oonas-sayhata bil-haqq, dhaalika yawmul-khurooj

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

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ ۝٤٣

Innaa nahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wa'ilaynal-maseer

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

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ ۝٤٤

Yawma tashaqqaqul-ardu `anhum siraa`aa, dhaalika hashrun `alaynaa yaseer

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

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ۝٤٥

Nahnu a`lamu bimaa yaqooloona wamaa anta `alayhim bijabbaar, fadhakkir bil-qur'aani may yakhaafu wa`eed

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