Surah Qaf

قۤ ۗوَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْمَجِيْدِ ۖ ۝١

Qōf, wal-qur'ānil-majīd

1. Qaf. By the Glorious Quran.

بَلْ عَجِبُوْٓا اَنْ جَاۤءَهُمْ مُّنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيْبٌ ۚ ۝٢

Bal ‘ajibū an jā-ahum munżirum minhum faqōlal-kāfirūna hāżā syai'un ‘ajīb

2. They marveled that a warner has come to them from among them. The disbelievers say, “This is something strange.

ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۚ ذٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيْدٌ ۝٣

A'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turōbā, żālika roj‘um ba‘īd

3. When we have died and become dust? This is a farfetched return.”

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْاَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۚوَعِنْدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِيْظٌ ۝٤

Qod ‘alimnā mā tanquṣul-arḍu minhum, wa ‘indanā kitābun ḥafīẓ

4. We know what the earth consumes of them, and with Us is a comprehensive book.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوْا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيْٓ اَمْرٍ مَّرِيْجٍ ۝٥

Bal każżabū bil-ḥaqqi lammā jā-ahum fahum fī amrim marīj

5. But they denied the truth when it has come to them, so they are in a confused state.

اَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوْٓا اِلَى السَّمَاۤءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنٰهَا وَزَيَّنّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ فُرُوْجٍ ۝٦

Afalam yanẓurū ilas-samā-i fauqohum kaifa banaināhā wa zayyanāhā wa mā lahā min furūj

6. Have they not observed the sky above them, how We constructed it, and decorated it, and it has no cracks?

وَالْاَرْضَ مَدَدْنٰهَا وَاَلْقَيْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ بَهِيْجٍۙ ۝٧

Wal-arḍo madadnāhā wa alqoinā fīhā rowāsiya wa ambatnā fīhā min kulli zaujim bahīj

7. And the earth, how We spread it out, and set on it mountains, and grew in it all kinds of delightful pairs?

تَبْصِرَةً وَّذِكْرٰى لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيْبٍ ۝٨

Tabṣirotaw wa żikrō likulli ‘abdim munīb

8. A lesson and a reminder for every penitent worshiper.

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءً مُّبٰرَكًا فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا بِهٖ جَنّٰتٍ وَّحَبَّ الْحَصِيْدِۙ ۝٩

Wa nazzalnā minas-samā-i mā-am mubārokan fa'ambatnā bihī jannātiw wa ḥabbal-ḥaṣīd

9. And We brought down from the sky blessed water, and produced with it gardens and grain to harvest.

وَالنَّخْلَ بٰسِقٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيْدٌۙ ۝١٠

Wan-nakhla bāsiqōtil lahā ṭol‘un naḍīd

10. And the soaring palm trees, with clustered dates.

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِۙ وَاَحْيَيْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًاۗ كَذٰلِكَ الْخُرُوْجُ ۝١١

Rizqol lil-‘ibād, wa aḥyainā bihī baldatam maitā, każālikal-khurūj

11. As sustenance for the servants. And We revive thereby a dead town. Likewise is the Resurrection.

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ وَّاَصْحٰبُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُوْدُ ۝١٢

Każżabat qoblahum qoumu nūḥiw wa aṣḥābur-rossi wa ṡamūd

12. Before them the people of Noah denied the truth, and so did the dwellers of Russ, and Thamood.

وَعَادٌ وَّفِرْعَوْنُ وَاِخْوَانُ لُوْطٍۙ ۝١٣

Wa ‘āduw wa fir‘aunu wa ikhwānu lūṭ

13. And Aad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot.

وَّاَصْحٰبُ الْاَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۗ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيْدِ ۝١٤

Wa aṣḥābul-aikati wa qoumu tubba‘, kullun każżabar-rusula faḥaqqo wa‘īd

14. And the dwellers of the Woods, and the people of Tubba. They all rejected the messengers, so My threat came true.

اَفَعَيِيْنَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْاَوَّلِۗ بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيْدٍ ࣖ ۝١٥

Afa ‘ayīna bil-kholqil-awwal, bal hum fī labsim min kholqin jadīd

15. Were We fatigued by the first creation? But they are in doubt of a new creation.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهٖ نَفْسُهٗ ۖوَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيْدِ ۝١٦

Wa laqod kholaqnal-insāna wa na‘lamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuh, wa naḥnu aqrobu ilaihi min ḥablil-warīd

16. We created the human being, and We know what his soul whispers to him. We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

اِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيٰنِ عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيْدٌ ۝١٧

Iż yatalaqqol-mutalaqqiyāni ‘anil-yamīni wa ‘anisy-syimāli qo‘īd

17. As the two receivers receive, seated to the right and to the left.

مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ اِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيْبٌ عَتِيْدٌ ۝١٨

Mā yalfiẓu min qoulin illā ladaihi roqībun ‘atīd

18. Not a word does he utter, but there is a watcher by him, ready.

وَجَاۤءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ۗذٰلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيْدُ ۝١٩

Wa jā-at sakrotul-mauti bil-ḥaqq, żālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd

19. The daze of death has come in truth: “This is what you tried to evade.”

وَنُفِخَ فِى الصُّوْرِۗ ذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْوَعِيْدِ ۝٢٠

Wa nufikho fiṣ-ṣūr, żālika yaumul-wa‘īd

20. And the Trumpet is blown: “This is the Promised Day.”

وَجَاۤءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَاۤىِٕقٌ وَّشَهِيْدٌ ۝٢١

Wa jā-at kullu nafsim ma‘ahā sā-iquw wa syahīd

21. And every soul will come forward, accompanied by a driver and a witness.

لَقَدْ كُنْتَ فِيْ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنْكَ غِطَاۤءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيْدٌ ۝٢٢

Laqod kunta fī ghoflatim min hāżā fakasyafnā ‘anka ghiṭō-aka fabaṣorukal-yauma ḥadīd

22. “You were in neglect of this, so We lifted your screen from you, and your vision today is keen.”

وَقَالَ قَرِيْنُهٗ هٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيْدٌۗ ۝٢٣

Wa qōla qorīnuhū hāżā mā ladayya ‘atīd

23. And his escort will say, “This is what I have ready with me.”

اَلْقِيَا فِيْ جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيْدٍ ۝٢٤

Alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ‘anīd

24. “Throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever.

مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيْبٍۙ ۝٢٥

Mannā‘il lil-khoiri mu‘tadim murīb

25. Preventer of good, aggressor, doubter.

ۨالَّذِيْ جَعَلَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَاَلْقِيٰهُ فِى الْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيْدِ ۝٢٦

Allażī ja‘ala ma‘allāhi ilāhan ākhoro fa'alqiyāhu fil-‘ażābisy-syadīd

26. Who fabricated another god with Allah; toss him into the intense agony.”

قَالَ قَرِيْنُهٗ رَبَّنَا مَآ اَطْغَيْتُهٗ وَلٰكِنْ كَانَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ ۝٢٧

Qōla qorīnuhū robbanā mā aṭghoituhū wa lākin kāna fī ḍolālim ba‘īd

27. His escort will say, “Our Lord, I did not make him rebel, but he was far astray.”

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوْا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ اِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيْدِ ۝٢٨

Qōla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya wa qod qoddamtu ilaikum bil-wa‘īd

28. He will say, “Do not feud in My presence—I had warned you in advance.

مَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَآ اَنَا۠ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيْدِ ࣖ ۝٢٩

Mā yubaddalul-qoulu ladayya wa mā ana biẓollāmil lil-‘abīd

29. The decree from Me will not be changed, and I am not unjust to the servants.”

يَوْمَ نَقُوْلُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَـْٔتِ وَتَقُوْلُ هَلْ مِنْ مَّزِيْدٍ ۝٣٠

Yauma naqūlu lijahannama halimtala'ti wa taqūlu hal mim mazīd

30. On the Day when We will say to Hell, “Are you full?” And it will say, “Are there any more?”

وَاُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ غَيْرَ بَعِيْدٍ ۝٣١

Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīna ghoiro ba‘īd

31. And Paradise will be brought closer to the pious, not far away.

هٰذَا مَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لِكُلِّ اَوَّابٍ حَفِيْظٍۚ ۝٣٢

Hāżā mā tū‘adūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓ

32. “This is what you were promised—for every careful penitent.

مَنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَجَاۤءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيْبٍۙ ۝٣٣

Man khosyiyar-roḥmāna bil-ghoibi wa jā-a biqolbim munīb

33. Who inwardly feared the Most Gracious, and came with a repentant heart.

ۨادْخُلُوْهَا بِسَلٰمٍ ۗذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُلُوْدِ ۝٣٤

Udkhulūhā bisalām, żālika yaumul-khulūd

34. Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity.”

لَهُمْ مَّا يَشَاۤءُوْنَ فِيْهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيْدٌ ۝٣٥

Lahum mā yasyā-ūna fīhā wa ladainā mazīd

35. Therein they will have whatever they desire—and We have even more.

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوْا فِى الْبِلَادِۗ هَلْ مِنْ مَّحِيْصٍ ۝٣٦

Wa kam ahlaknā qoblahum min qornin hum asyaddu minhum baṭsyan fanaqqobū fil-bilād, hal mim maḥīṣ

36. How many generations before them, who were more powerful than they, did We destroy? They explored the lands—was there any escape?

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰى لِمَنْ كَانَ لَهٗ قَلْبٌ اَوْ اَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيْدٌ ۝٣٧

Inna fī żālika lażikrō liman kāna lahū qolbun au alqos-sam‘a wa huwa syahīd

37. In that is a reminder for whoever possesses a heart, or cares to listen and witness.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِيْ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍۖ وَّمَا مَسَّنَا مِنْ لُّغُوْبٍ ۝٣٨

Wa laqod kholaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍo wa mā bainahumā fī sittati ayyām, wa mā massanā mil lughūb

38. We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, and no fatigue touched Us.

فَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوْعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوْبِ ۚ ۝٣٩

Faṣbir ‘alā mā yaqūlūna wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi robbika qobla ṭulū‘isy-syamsi wa qoblal-ghurūb

39. So endure what they say, and proclaim the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before sunset.

وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَاَدْبَارَ السُّجُوْدِ ۝٤٠

Wa minal-laili fasabbiḥhu wa adbāros-sujūd

40. And glorify Him during the night, and at the end of devotions.

وَاسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِنْ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيْبٍ ۝٤١

Wastami‘ yauma yunādil-munādi mim makānin qorīb

41. And listen for the Day when the caller calls from a nearby place.

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُوْنَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ۗذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوْجِ ۝٤٢

Yauma yasma‘ūnaṣ-ṣoiḥata bil-ḥaqq, żālika yaumul-khurūj

42. The Day when they will hear the Shout in all truth. That is the Day of Emergence.

اِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيٖ وَنُمِيْتُ وَاِلَيْنَا الْمَصِيْرُۙ ۝٤٣

Innā naḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa ilainal-maṣīr

43. It is We who control life and death, and to Us is the destination.

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْاَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۗذٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيْرٌ ۝٤٤

Yauma tasyaqqoqul-arḍu ‘anhum sirō‘ā, żālika ḥasyrun ‘alainā yasīr

44. The Day when the earth will crack for them at once. That is an easy gathering for Us.

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَمَآ اَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِجَبَّارٍۗ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْاٰنِ مَنْ يَّخَافُ وَعِيْدِ ࣖ ۝٤٥

Naḥnu a‘lamu bimā yaqūlūna wa mā anta ‘alaihim bijabbār, fażakkir bil-qur'āni may yakhōfu wa‘īd

45. We are fully aware of what they say, and you are not a dictator over them. So remind by the Quran whoever fears My warning.