Qāf

قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ

Qaf walqur-ani almajeed

Qaf By the glorious Quran!

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Bal AAajiboo an jaahum munthirunminhum faqala alkafiroona hatha shay-onAAajeeb

But the disbelievers are amazed that a warner has come from among them and they say, ‘How strange!

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

A-itha mitna wakunna turabanthalika rajAAun baAAeed

To come back [to life] after we have died and become dust? That is too farfetched.’

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ

Qad AAalimna ma tanqusual-ardu minhum waAAindana kitabun hafeeth

We know very well what the earth takes away from them: We keep a comprehensive record.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

Bal kaththaboo bilhaqqilamma jaahum fahum fee amrin mareej

But the disbelievers deny the truth when it comes to them; they are in a state of confusion.

أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

Afalam yanthuroo ila assama-ifawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannahawama laha min furooj

Do they not see the sky above them––how We have built and adorned it, with no rifts in it;

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

Wal-arda madadnahawaalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatnafeeha min kulli zawjin baheej

how We spread out the earth and put solid mountains on it, and caused every kind of joyous plant to grow in it,

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Tabsiratan wathikralikulli AAabdin muneeb

as a lesson and reminder for every servant who turns to God;

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

Wanazzalna mina assama-imaan mubarakan faanbatna bihi jannatinwahabba alhaseed

and how We send blessed water down from the sky and grow with it gardens, the harvest grain,

وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

Wannakhla basiqatinlaha talAAun nadeed

and tall palm trees laden with clusters of dates,

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ

Rizqan lilAAibadi waahyaynabihi baldatan maytan kathalika alkhurooj

as a provision for everyone; how with water We give [new] life to a land that is dead? This is how the dead will emerge [from their graves].

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwaas-habu arrassi wathamood

The people of Noah disbelieved long before these disbelievers, as did the people of Rass, Thamud,

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

WaAAadun wafirAAawnu wa-ikhwanuloot

Ad, Pharaoh, and the brothers of Lot,

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

Waas-habu al-aykati waqawmutubbaAAin kullun kaththaba arrusula fahaqqawaAAeed

the Forest-Dwellers, Tubba: all of these people disbelieved their messengers, and so My warning was realized.

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

AfaAAayeena bilkhalqial-awwali bal hum fee labsin min khalqin jadeed

So were We incapable of the first creation? No indeed! Yet they doubt a second creation.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

Walaqad khalaqna al-insanawanaAAlamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanahnu aqrabuilayhi min habli alwareed

We created man––We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein––

إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

Ith yatalaqqa almutalaqqiyaniAAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimali qaAAeed

with two receptors set to record, one on his right side and one on his left:

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

Ma yalfithu min qawlinilla ladayhi raqeebun AAateed

he does not utter a single word without an ever-present watcher.

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Wajaat sakratu almawti bilhaqqithalika ma kunta minhu taheed

The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what you tried to escape.’

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

Wanufikha fee assoori thalikayawmu alwaAAeed

The Trumpet will be sounded: ‘This is the Day [you were] warned of.’

وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

Wajaat kullu nafsin maAAaha sa-iqunwashaheed

Each person will arrive attended by an [angel] to drive him on and another to bear witness:

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

Laqad kunta fee ghaflatin min hathafakashafna AAanka ghitaaka fabasarukaalyawma hadeed

‘You paid no attention to this [Day]; but today We have removed your veil and your sight is sharp.’

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

Waqala qareenuhu hatha maladayya AAateed

The person’s attendant will say, ‘Here is what I have prepared’-

أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Alqiya fee jahannama kulla kaffarinAAaneed

‘Hurl every obstinate disbeliever into Hell,

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin mureeb

everyone who hindered good, was aggressive, caused others to doubt,

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

Allathee jaAAala maAAa Allahiilahan akhara faalqiyahu fee alAAathabiashshadeed

and set up other gods alongside God. Hurl him into severe punishment!’-

۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Qala qareenuhu rabbana maatghaytuhu walakin kana fee dalalinbaAAeed

and his [evil] companion will say, ‘Lord, I did not make him transgress; he had already gone far astray himself.’

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

Qala la takhtasimooladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bilwaAAeed

God will say, ‘Do not argue in My presence. I sent you a warning

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Ma yubaddalu alqawlu ladayya wamaana bithallamin lilAAabeed

and My word cannot be changed: I am not unjust to any creature.’

يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ

Yawma naqoolu lijahannama hali imtala/tiwataqoolu hal min mazeed

We shall say to Hell on that day, ‘Are you full?’ and it will reply, ‘Are there no more?’

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeena ghayrabaAAeed

But Paradise will be brought close to the righteous and will no longer be distant:

هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

Hatha ma tooAAadoona likulliawwabin hafeeth

‘This is what you were promised––this is for everyone who turned often to God and kept Him in mind,

مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Man khashiya arrahmanabilghaybi wajaa biqalbin muneeb

who held the Most Gracious in awe, though He is unseen, who comes before Him with a heart turned to Him in devotion-

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

Odkhulooha bisalamin thalikayawmu alkhulood

so enter it in peace. This is the Day of everlasting Life.’

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

Lahum ma yashaoona feehawaladayna mazeed

They will have all that they wish for there, and We have more for them.

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fee albiladi halmin mahees

We have destroyed even mightier generations before these disbelievers, who travelled through [many] lands- was there any escape?

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

Inna fee thalika lathikraliman kana lahu qalbun aw alqa assamAAawahuwa shaheed

There truly is a reminder in this for whoever has a heart, whoever listens attentively.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ

Walaqad khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma fee sittatiayyamin wama massana min lughoob

We created the heavens, the earth, and everything between, in six Days without tiring.

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

Fasbir AAala mayaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooAAiashshamsi waqabla alghuroob

So [Prophet], bear everything they say with patience; celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising and setting of the sun;

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ

Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waadbaraassujood

proclaim His praise in the night and at the end of every prayer;

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

WastamiAA yawma yunadi almunadimin makanin qareeb

listen out for the Day when the caller will call from a nearby place.

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

Yawma yasmaAAoona assayhatabilhaqqi thalika yawmu alkhurooj

They will come out [from their graves] on that Day, the Day when they hear the mighty blast in reality.

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Inna nahnu nuhyeewanumeetu wa-ilayna almaseer

It is We who give life and death; the final return will be to Us

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

Yawma tashaqqaqu al-ardu AAanhum siraAAanthalika hashrun AAalayna yaseer

on the Day when the earth will be torn apart, letting them rush out- that gathering will be easy for Us.

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

Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloonawama anta AAalayhim bijabbarin fathakkir bilqur-animan yakhafu waAAeed

We know best what the disbelievers say. You [Prophet] are not there to force them, so remind, with this Quran, those who fear My warning.