Surah Qaf ق

قٓۚ وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡمَجِيدِ ١

Qāf wal-qur'ānil-majīd

Qāf.¹⁵²⁴ By the honored Qur’ān...¹⁵²⁵

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

Bal 'ajibū an jā'ahum mundhirum minhum faqālal-kāfirūna hādhā shay'un 'ajīb

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

A'idhā mitnā wakunnā turāban dhālika raj'u ba'īd

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

قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظُۢ ٤

Qad 'alimnā mā tanqusul-ardu minhum wa'indanā kitābun hafīz

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

بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَمۡرٖ مَّرِيجٍ ٥

Bal kaddhabū bil-haqqi lammā jā'ahum fahum fī amrim marīj

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

أَفَلَمۡ يَنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٖ ٦

Afalam yanzurū ilas-samā'i fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wazayyannāhā wamā lahā min furūj

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

Wal-arda madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa ambatnā fīhā min kulli zawji bahīj

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 wadhikrā likulli 'abdim munīb

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

وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ مُّبَٰرَكٗا فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ وَحَبَّ ٱلۡحَصِيدِ ٩

Wanazzalnā minas-samā'i mā'am mubārakan fa ambatnā bihī jannātin wahabbal-hasīd

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

Wan-nakhla bāsiqātil lahā tal'un nadīd

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

رِّزۡقٗا لِّلۡعِبَادِۖ وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخُرُوجُ ١١

Rrizqal lil-'ibādi wa ahyaynā bihī baldatam maytan kadhālikal-khurūj

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

كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ ١٢

Kaddhabat qablahum qawmu nūhin wa ashābur-rassi wathamūd

The people of Noah denied before them,¹⁵²⁶ and the companions of the well¹⁵²⁷ and Thamūd

وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَإِخۡوَٰنُ لُوطٖ ١٣

Wa'ādun wafir'awnu wa ikhwānu lūt

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

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ وَقَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖۚ كُلّٞ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ١٤

Wa ashābul-aykati waqawmu tubba'in kullun kaddhabar-rusula fahaqqa wa'īd

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

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلۡخَلۡقِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي لَبۡسٖ مِّنۡ خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٖ ١٥

Afa'ayīnā bil-khalqil-awwali bal hum fī labsim min khalqin jadīd

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 khalaqnal-insāna wana'lamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi min hablil-warīd

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer¹⁵²⁸ to him than [his] jugular vein.

إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ ١٧

Idh yatalaqqal-mutalaqqiyāni 'anil-yamīni wa'anish-shimāli qa'īd

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,¹⁵²⁹ seated on the right and on the left.

مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ ١٨

Mmā yalfizu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun 'atīd

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

وَجَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيدُ ١٩

Wajā'at sakratul-mawti bil-haqqi dhālika mā kunta minhu tahīd

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 fis-sūri dhālika yawmul-wa'īd

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

وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٞ وَشَهِيدٞ ٢١

Wajā'at kullu nafsim ma'ahā sā'iqun washahīd

And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.¹⁵³⁰

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

Llaqad kunta fī ghaflatim min hādhā fakashafnā 'anka ghitā'aka fabasarukal-yawma hadīd

[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover,¹⁵³¹ so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ ٢٣

Waqāla qarīnuhū hādhā mā ladayya 'atīd

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

أَلۡقِيَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ ٢٤

Alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin 'anīd

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

مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٖ مُّرِيبٍ ٢٥

Mmannā'il lil-khayri mu'tadim murīb

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلۡقِيَاهُ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ٢٦

Alladhī ja'ala ma'allāhi ilāhan ākhara fa alqiyāhu fil-'adhābish-shadīd

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

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

Qāla qarīnuhū rabbanā mā atghaytuhū walākin kāna fī dalāli ba'īd

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

Qāla lā takhtasimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-wa'īd

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

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ ٢٩

Mā yubaddalul-qawlu ladayya wamā ana bizallāmil lil-'abīd

The word [i.e., decree] 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 naqūlu lijahannama halimtala'ti wataqūlu hal mim mazīd

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

Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīna ghayra ba'īd

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

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٖ ٣٢

Hādhā mā tū'adūna likulli awwābin hafīz

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

مَّنۡ خَشِيَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٖ مُّنِيبٍ ٣٣

Mman khashiyar-rahmāna bil-ghaybi wajā'a biqalbim munīb

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

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُلُودِ ٣٤

Udkhulūhā bisalāmin dhālika yawmul-khulūd

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

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيدٞ ٣٥

Lahum mā yashā'ūna fīhā waladaynā mazīd

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 ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqabū fil-bilādi hal mim mahīs

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 fī dhālika ladhikrā liman kāna lahū qalbun aw alqas-sam'a wahuwa shahīd

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 khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arda wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin wamā massanā mil lughūb

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

Fasbir 'alā mā yaqūlūna wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulū'ish-shamsi waqablal-ghurūb

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 ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَأَدۡبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ ٤٠

Waminal-layli fasabbihhu wa adbāras-sujūd

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

وَٱسۡتَمِعۡ يَوۡمَ يُنَادِ ٱلۡمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٖ قَرِيبٖ ٤١

Wastami' yawma yunādil-munādi mim makānin qarīb

And listen on the Day when the Caller¹⁵³² will call out from a place that is near -

يَوۡمَ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيۡحَةَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُرُوجِ ٤٢

Yawma yasma'ūnas-sayhata bil-haqqi dhālika yawmul-khurūj

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

Innā nahnu nuhyī wanumītu wa ilaynal-masīr

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 tashaqqaqul-ardu 'anhum sirā'an dhālika hashrun 'alaynā yasīr

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

Nnahnu a'lamu bimā yaqūlūna wamā anta 'alayhim bijabbārin fadhakkir bil-qur'āni man yakhāfu wa'īd

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant.¹⁵³³ But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.