Qaf

قٓۚ وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡمَجِيدِ ١

Qāf, wal-qurʾānil-majīd.

Qāf.¹ By the honored Qur’ān...²

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

Bal ʿajibū an jāʾahum mundhirum minhum faqālal-kāfirūna hādhā shayʾun ʿajīb.

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

Aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābā, dhālika rajʿum baʿīd.

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 ʿalimnā mā tanquṣul-arḍu minhum, wa ʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓ.

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 kadhdhabū bil-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾahum 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 yanẓurū ilas-samāʾi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wa zayyannāhā wa mā 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-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjim 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

Tabṣirataw wa dhikrā likulli ʿabdim munīb.

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

وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ مُّبَٰرَكٗا فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ وَحَبَّ ٱلۡحَصِيدِ ٩

Wa nazzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾam mubārakan fa anbatnā bihī jannātiw wa ḥabbal-ḥaṣīd.

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 ṭalʿun naḍīd.

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

رِّزۡقٗا لِّلۡعِبَادِۖ وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخُرُوجُ ١١

Rizqal lil-ʿibād, wa aḥyaynā bihī baldatam maytā, 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

Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wa aṣḥābur-rassi wa thamūd.

The people of Noah denied before them,¹ and the companions of the well² and Thamūd

وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَإِخۡوَٰنُ لُوطٖ ١٣

Wa ʿāduw wa firʿawnu wa ikhwānu lūṭ.

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

وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ وَقَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖۚ كُلّٞ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ١٤

Wa aṣḥābul-aykati wa qawmu tubbaʿ, kullun kadhdhabar-rusula faḥaqqa waʿīd.

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

Afaʿayīnā bil-khalqil-awwal, 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

Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna wa naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuh, wa naḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥablil-warīd.

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer¹ to him than [his] jugular vein.

إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ ١٧

Idh yatalaqqal-mutalaqqiyāni ʿanil-yamīni wa ʿanish-shimāli qaʿīd.

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,¹ seated on the right and on the left.

مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ ١٨

Mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīd.

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

Wa jāʾat sakratul-mawti bil-ḥaqq, dhālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd.

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

وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡوَعِيدِ ٢٠

Wa nufikha fiṣ-ṣūr, dhālika yawmul-waʿīd.

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

وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٞ وَشَهِيدٞ ٢١

Wa jāʾat kullu nafsim maʿahā sāʾiquw wa shahīd.

And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.¹

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

Laqad kunta fī ghaflatim min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāʾaka fabaṣarukal-yawma ḥadīd.

[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover,¹ so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ ٢٣

Wa qāla qarīnuhū hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīd.

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 ʿanīd.

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

مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٖ مُّرِيبٍ ٢٥

Mannāʿil lil-khayri muʿtadim murīb.

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلۡقِيَاهُ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ٢٦

Al-ladhī jaʿala maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara fa alqiyāhu fil-ʿadhābish-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 aṭghaytuhū wa lākin kāna fī ḍalālim baʿīd.

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 takhtaṣimū ladayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīd.

[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 wa mā ana biẓallāmil lil-ʿabīd.

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 halimtalaʾti wa taqūlu 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 baʿīd.

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

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٖ ٣٢

Hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓ.

[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

Man khashiyar-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wa jāʾa 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 bisalām, dhālika yawmul-khulūd.

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

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيدٞ ٣٥

Lahum mā yashāʾūna fīhā wa ladaynā 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

Wa kam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum baṭshan fanaqqabū fil-bilādi hal mim maḥīṣ.

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-samʿa wa huwa 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

Wa laqad khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmiw wa mā 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

Faṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿish-shamsi wa qablal-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

Wa minal-layli fasabbiḥhu 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

Wastamiʿ yawma yunādil-munādi mim makānin qarīb.

And listen on the Day when the Caller¹ will call out from a place that is near -

يَوۡمَ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيۡحَةَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُرُوجِ ٤٢

Yawma yasmaʿūnaṣ-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqq, 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 naḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa ilaynal-maṣīr.

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-arḍu ʿanhum sirāʿā, dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā 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

Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūn, wa mā anta ʿalayhim bijabbār, fadhakkir bil-qurʾāni may yakhāfu waʿīd.

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant.¹ But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.