Qaf

قٓ ۚ وَالۡقُرۡاٰنِ الۡمَجِيۡدِۚ‏ ١

Qaaaf; wal Qur aanil Majeed

Qāf. By the honored Qur’ān...

بَلۡ عَجِبُوۡۤا اَنۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مُّنۡذِرٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا شَىۡءٌ عَجِيۡبٌ​ۚ‏ ٢

Bal 'ajibooo an jaa'ahum munzirum minhum faqaalal kaafiroona haazaa shai'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.

ءَاِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ​ۚ ذٰ لِكَ رَجۡعٌ ۢ بَعِيۡدٌ‏ ٣

A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaaban zaalika 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."

قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنۡقُصُ الۡاَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡ​ۚ وَعِنۡدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِيۡظٌ‏ ٤

Qad 'alimnaa maa tanqu-sul-ardu minhum wa 'indanaa Kitaabun Hafeez

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

بَلۡ كَذَّبُوۡا بِالۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِىۡۤ اَمۡرٍ مَّرِيۡجٍ‏ ٥

Bal kazzaboo bilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum fahum feee amrim mareej

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

اَ فَلَمۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡۤا اِلَى السَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنٰهَا وَزَ يَّـنّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنۡ فُرُوۡجٍ‏ ٦

Afalam yanzurooo ilas samaaa'i fawqahum kaifa banainaahaa wa zaiyannaahaa wa maa 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?

وَالۡاَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنٰهَا وَاَ لۡقَيۡنَا فِيۡهَا رَوَاسِىَ وَاَنۡۢبَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ زَوۡجٍۢ بَهِيۡجٍ ۙ‏ ٧

Wal arda madadnaahaa wa alqainaa 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,

تَبۡصِرَةً وَّذِكۡرٰى لِكُلِّ عَبۡدٍ مُّنِيۡبٍ‏ ٨

Tabsiratanw wa zikraa likulli 'abdim muneeb

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

وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبٰـرَكًا فَاَنۡۢبَـتۡـنَا بِهٖ جَنّٰتٍ وَّحَبَّ الۡحَصِيۡدِ ۙ‏ ٩

Wa nazzalnaa minas samaaa'i maaa'am mubaarakan fa ambatnaa bihee jannaatinw wa habbal haseed

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

وَالنَّخۡلَ بٰسِقٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلۡـعٌ نَّضِيۡدٌ ۙ‏ ١٠

Wannakhla baasiqaatil laha tal'un nadeed

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

رِّزۡقًا لِّلۡعِبَادِ​ ۙ وَاَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهٖ بَلۡدَةً مَّيۡـتًا​ ؕ كَذٰلِكَ الۡخُـرُوۡجُ‏ ١١

Rizqal lil'ibaad, wa ahyainaa bihee baldatam maitaa; kazaalikal khurooj

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 نُوۡحٍ وَّاَصۡحٰبُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُوۡدُۙ‏ ١٢

Kazzabat qablahum qawmu Noohinw wa Ashaabur Rassi wa Samood

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

وَعَادٌ وَّفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَاِخۡوَانُ لُوۡطٍۙ‏ ١٣

Wa 'Aadunw wa Fir'awnu wikhwaanu loot

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

وَّاَصۡحٰبُ الۡاَيۡكَةِ وَقَوۡمُ تُبَّعٍ​ؕ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيۡدِ‏ ١٤

Wa Ashaabul Aykati wa qawmu Tubba'; kullun kazzabar 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.

اَفَعَيِيۡنَا بِالۡخَـلۡقِ الۡاَوَّلِ​ؕ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِىۡ لَبۡسٍ مِّنۡ خَلۡقٍ جَدِيۡدٍ‏ ١٥

Afa'a yeenaa bilkhalqil awwal; bal hum fee labsim min khalqin jadeed

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

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهٖ نَفۡسُهٗ ۖۚ وَنَحۡنُ اَقۡرَبُ اِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ الۡوَرِيۡدِ‏ ١٦

Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana wa na'lamu maa tuwaswisu bihee nafsuhoo wa Nahnu aqrabu ilaihi 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.

اِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى الۡمُتَلَقِّيٰنِ عَنِ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيۡدٌ‏ ١٧

Iz yatalaqqal mutalaqqi yaani 'anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali qa'eed

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

مَا يَلۡفِظُ مِنۡ قَوۡلٍ اِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيۡبٌ عَتِيۡدٌ‏ ١٨

Maa yalfizu min qawlin illaa ladaihi raqeebun 'ateed

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

وَ جَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ الۡمَوۡتِ بِالۡحَـقِّ​ؕ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنۡتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيۡدُ‏ ١٩

Wa jaaa'at kullu nafsim ma'ahaa saaa'iqunw wa shaheed

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

وَنُفِخَ فِى الصُّوۡرِ ​ؕ ذٰ لِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡوَعِيۡدِ‏ ٢٠

Wa nufikha fis Soor; zaalika yawmul wa'eed

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

وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآٮِٕقٌ وَّشَهِيۡدٌ‏ ٢١

Wa jaaa'at kullu nafsim ma'ahaa saaa'iqunw wa shaheed

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

لَقَدۡ كُنۡتَ فِىۡ غَفۡلَةٍ مِّنۡ هٰذَا فَكَشَفۡنَا عَنۡكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الۡيَوۡمَ حَدِيۡدٌ‏ ٢٢

Laqad kunta fee ghaf latim min haazaa fakashafnaa 'anka ghitaaa'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 قَرِيۡـنُهٗ هٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيۡدٌ ؕ‏ ٢٣

Wa qaala qareenuhoo haazaa maa ladaiya 'ateed

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

اَلۡقِيَا فِىۡ جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيۡدٍۙ‏ ٢٤

Alqiyaa fee Jahannama kulla kaffaarin 'aneed

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

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ مُّرِيۡبِ ۙ‏ ٢٥

Mannaa'il lilkhayri mu'tadim mureeb

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

اۨلَّذِىۡ جَعَلَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَاَ لۡقِيٰهُ فِى الۡعَذَابِ الشَّدِيۡدِ‏ ٢٦

Allazee ja'ala ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara fa alqiyaahu fil'azaabish shadeed

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

قَالَ قَرِيۡنُهٗ رَبَّنَا مَاۤ اَطۡغَيۡتُهٗ وَلٰـكِنۡ كَانَ فِىۡ ضَلٰلٍۢ بَعِيۡدٍ‏ ٢٧

Qaala qareenuhoo Rabbanaa maaa atghaituhoo wa laakin kaana fee dalaahim ba'eed

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

قَالَ لَا تَخۡتَصِمُوۡا لَدَىَّ وَقَدۡ قَدَّمۡتُ اِلَيۡكُمۡ بِالۡوَعِيۡدِ‏ ٢٨

Qaala laa takhtasimoo ladaayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaikum bilwa'eed

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

مَا يُبَدَّلُ الۡقَوۡلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَاۤ اَنَا بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلۡعَبِيۡدِ‏ ٢٩

Maa yubaddalul qawlu ladaiya wa maaa ana bizal laamil lil'abeed

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

يَوۡمَ نَـقُوۡلُ لِجَهَـنَّمَ هَلِ امۡتَلَـئْتِ وَتَقُوۡلُ هَلۡ مِنۡ مَّزِيۡدٍ‏ ٣٠

Yawma naqoolu li'jahannama halim talaati wa taqoolu hal mim mazeed

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

وَاُزۡلِفَتِ الۡجَـنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيۡدٍ‏ ٣١

Wa uzlifatil jannatu lil muttaqeena ghaira ba'eed

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

هٰذَا مَا تُوۡعَدُوۡنَ لِكُلِّ اَوَّابٍ حَفِيۡظٍ​ۚ‏ ٣٢

Haaza 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].

مَنۡ خَشِىَ الرَّحۡمٰنَ بِالۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٍ مُّنِيۡبِۙ‏ ٣٣

Man khashiyar Rahmaana bilghaibi wa jaaa'a biqalbim muneeb

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

اۨدۡخُلُوۡهَا بِسَلٰمٍ​ؕ ذٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡخُلُوۡدِ‏ ٣٤

Udkhuloohaa bisalaamin zaalika yawmul khulood

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

لَهُمۡ مَّا يَشَآءُوۡنَ فِيۡهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيۡدٌ‏ ٣٥

Lahum maa yashaaa'oona feehaa wa ladainaa mazeed

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

وَكَمۡ اَهۡلَـكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُمۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ اَشَدُّ مِنۡهُمۡ بَطۡشًا فَنَقَّبُوۡا فِى الۡبِلَادِ ؕ هَلۡ مِنۡ مَّحِيۡصٍ‏ ٣٦

Wa kam 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?

اِنَّ فِىۡ ذٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرٰى لِمَنۡ كَانَ لَهٗ قَلۡبٌ اَوۡ اَلۡقَى السَّمۡعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيۡدٌ‏ ٣٧

Inna fee zaalika lazikraa liman kaana lahoo qalbun aw alqas sam'a wa huwa shaheed

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

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِىۡ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ​ۖ وَّمَا مَسَّنَا مِنۡ لُّغُوۡبٍ‏ ٣٨

Wa laqad khalaqnas samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaa fee sittati ayyaamin wa maa 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.

فَاصۡبِرۡ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوۡعِ الشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ الۡغُرُوۡبِ​ۚ‏ ٣٩

Fasbir 'alaa maa yaqooloona wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika qabla tuloo'ish shamsi wa qablal 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 الَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَاَدۡبَارَ السُّجُوۡدِ‏ ٤٠

Wa minal laili fasabbih hu wa adbaaras sujood

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

وَاسۡتَمِعۡ يَوۡمَ يُنَادِ الۡمُنَادِ مِنۡ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيۡبٍۙ‏ ٤١

Wastami' yawma yunaa dil munaadi mim makaanin qareeb

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

يَوۡمَ يَسۡمَعُوۡنَ الصَّيۡحَةَ بِالۡحَـقِّ​ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡخُـرُوۡجِ‏ ٤٢

Yawma yasmaoonas sai hata bilhaqq zaalika yawmul khurooj

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

اِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡىٖ وَنُمِيۡتُ وَاِلَيۡنَا الۡمَصِيۡرُۙ‏ ٤٣

Innaa Nahnu nuhyee wa numeetu wa ilainal maseer

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

يَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ الۡاَرۡضُ عَنۡهُمۡ سِرَاعًا​ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ حَشۡرٌ عَلَيۡنَا يَسِيۡرٌ‏ ٤٤

Yawma tashaqqaqul ardu 'anhum siraa'aa; zaalika hashrun 'alainaa yaseer

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

نَحۡنُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ​ وَمَاۤ اَنۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ بِجَـبَّارٍ​ فَذَكِّرۡ بِالۡقُرۡاٰنِ مَنۡ يَّخَافُ وَعِيۡدِ‏ ٤٥

Nahnu a'lamu bimaa yaqooloona wa maaa anta 'alihim bijabbaarin fazakkir bil quraani many 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.