Surah Qaf
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
قۤ ۗوَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْمَجِيْدِ ۖ١
Qāf, wal-qur'ānil-majīd(i).
[1]
Qaf. By the honored Qur'an...
بَلْ عَجِبُوْٓا اَنْ جَاۤءَهُمْ مُّنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيْبٌ ۚ٢
Bal ‘ajibū an jā'ahum munżirum minhum faqālal-kāfirūna hāżā syai'un ‘ajīb(un).
[2]
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۚ ذٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيْدٌ٣
A'iżā mitnā wa kunnā turābā(n), żālika raj‘um ba‘īd(un).
[3]
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return."
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْاَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۚوَعِنْدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِيْظٌ٤
Qad ‘alimnā mā tanquṣul-arḍu minhum, wa ‘indanā kitābun ḥafīẓ(un).
[4]
We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
بَلْ كَذَّبُوْا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيْٓ اَمْرٍ مَّرِيْجٍ٥
Bal każżabū bil-ḥaqqi lammā jā'ahum fahum fī amrim marīj(in).
[5]
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.
اَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوْٓا اِلَى السَّمَاۤءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنٰهَا وَزَيَّنّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ فُرُوْجٍ٦
Afalam yanẓurū ilas-samā'i fauqahum kaifa banaināhā wa zayyanāhā wa mā lahā min furūj(in).
[6]
Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?
وَالْاَرْضَ مَدَدْنٰهَا وَاَلْقَيْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ بَهِيْجٍۙ٧
Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqainā fīhā rawāsiya wa ambatnā fīhā min kulli zaujim bahīj(in).
[7]
And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,
تَبْصِرَةً وَّذِكْرٰى لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيْبٍ٨
Tabṣirataw wa żikrā likulli ‘abdim munīb(in).
[8]
Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].
وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءً مُّبٰرَكًا فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا بِهٖ جَنّٰتٍ وَّحَبَّ الْحَصِيْدِۙ٩
Wa nazzalnā minas-samā'i mā'am mubārakan fa'ambatnā bihī jannātiw wa ḥabbal-ḥaṣīd(i).
[9]
And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
وَالنَّخْلَ بٰسِقٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيْدٌۙ١٠
Wan-nakhla bāsiqātil lahā ṭal‘un naḍīd(un).
[10]
And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -
رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِۙ وَاَحْيَيْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًاۗ كَذٰلِكَ الْخُرُوْجُ١١
Rizqal lil-‘ibād(i), wa aḥyainā bihī baldatam maitā(n), każālikal-khurūj(u).
[11]
As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the resurrection.
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ وَّاَصْحٰبُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُوْدُ١٢
Każżabat qablahum qaumu nūḥiw wa aṣḥābur-rassi wa ṡamūd(u).
[12]
The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud
وَعَادٌ وَّفِرْعَوْنُ وَاِخْوَانُ لُوْطٍۙ١٣
Wa ‘āduw wa fir‘aunu wa ikhwānu lūṭ(in).
[13]
And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot
وَّاَصْحٰبُ الْاَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۗ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيْدِ١٤
Wa aṣḥābul-aikati wa qaumu tubba‘(in), kullun każżabar-rusula faḥaqqa wa‘īd(i).
[14]
And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubba'. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.
اَفَعَيِيْنَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْاَوَّلِۗ بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيْدٍ ࣖ١٥
Afa ‘ayīna bil-khalqil-awwal(i), bal hum fī labsim min khalqin jadīd(in).
[15]
Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهٖ نَفْسُهٗ ۖوَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيْدِ١٦
Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna wa na‘lamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuh(ū), wa naḥnu aqrabu ilaihi min ḥablil-warīd(i).
[16]
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein
اِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيٰنِ عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيْدٌ١٧
Iż yatalaqqal-mutalaqqiyāni ‘anil-yamīni wa ‘anisy-syimāli qa‘īd(un).
[17]
When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left.
مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ اِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيْبٌ عَتِيْدٌ١٨
Mā yalfiẓu min qaulin illā ladaihi raqībun ‘atīd(un).
[18]
Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].
وَجَاۤءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ۗذٰلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيْدُ١٩
Wa jā'at sakratul-mauti bil-ḥaqq(i), żālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd(u).
[19]
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
وَنُفِخَ فِى الصُّوْرِۗ ذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْوَعِيْدِ٢٠
Wa nufikha fiṣ-ṣūr(i), żālika yaumul-wa‘īd(i).
[20]
And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.
وَجَاۤءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَاۤىِٕقٌ وَّشَهِيْدٌ٢١
Wa jā'at kullu nafsim ma‘ahā sā'iquw wa syahīd(un).
[21]
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.
لَقَدْ كُنْتَ فِيْ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنْكَ غِطَاۤءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيْدٌ٢٢
Laqad kunta fī gaflatim min hāżā fakasyafnā ‘anka giṭā'aka fabaṣarukal-yauma ḥadīd(un).
[22]
[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 قَرِيْنُهٗ هٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيْدٌۗ٢٣
Wa qāla qarīnuhū hāżā mā ladayya ‘atīd(un).
[23]
And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."
اَلْقِيَا فِيْ جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيْدٍ٢٤
Alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ‘anīd(in).
[24]
[Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,
مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيْبٍۙ٢٥
Mannā‘il lil-khairi mu‘tadim murīb(in).
[25]
Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,
ۨالَّذِيْ جَعَلَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَاَلْقِيٰهُ فِى الْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيْدِ٢٦
Allażī ja‘ala ma‘allāhi ilāhan ākhara fa'alqiyāhu fil-‘ażābisy-syadīd(i).
[26]
Who made [as equal] with Allah another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."
۞ قَالَ قَرِيْنُهٗ رَبَّنَا مَآ اَطْغَيْتُهٗ وَلٰكِنْ كَانَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ٢٧
Qāla qarīnuhū rabbanā mā aṭgaituhū wa lākin kāna fī ḍalālim ba‘īd(in).
[27]
His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."
قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوْا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ اِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيْدِ٢٨
Qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaikum bil-wa‘īd(i).
[28]
[Allah] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning.
مَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَآ اَنَا۠ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيْدِ ࣖ٢٩
Mā yubaddalul-qaulu ladayya wa mā ana biẓallāmil lil-‘abīd(i).
[29]
The word will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."
يَوْمَ نَقُوْلُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَـْٔتِ وَتَقُوْلُ هَلْ مِنْ مَّزِيْدٍ٣٠
Yauma naqūlu lijahannama halimtala'ti wa taqūlu hal mim mazīd(in).
[30]
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
وَاُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ غَيْرَ بَعِيْدٍ٣١
Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīna gaira ba‘īd(in).
[31]
And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far,
هٰذَا مَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لِكُلِّ اَوَّابٍ حَفِيْظٍۚ٣٢
Hāżā mā tū‘adūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓ(in).
[32]
[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allah] and keeper [of His covenant]
مَنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَجَاۤءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيْبٍۙ٣٣
Man khasyiyar-raḥmāna bil-gaibi wa jā'a biqalbim munīb(in).
[33]
Who feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].
ۨادْخُلُوْهَا بِسَلٰمٍ ۗذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُلُوْدِ٣٤
Udkhulūhā bisalām(in), żālika yaumul-khulūd(i).
[34]
Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."
لَهُمْ مَّا يَشَاۤءُوْنَ فِيْهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيْدٌ٣٥
Lahum mā yasyā'ūna fīhā wa ladainā mazīd(un).
[35]
They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.
وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوْا فِى الْبِلَادِۗ هَلْ مِنْ مَّحِيْصٍ٣٦
Wa kam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum asyaddu minhum baṭsyan fanaqqabū fil-bilād(i), hal mim maḥīṣ(in).
[36]
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 فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰى لِمَنْ كَانَ لَهٗ قَلْبٌ اَوْ اَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيْدٌ٣٧
Inna fī żālika lażikrā liman kāna lahū qalbun au alqas-sam‘a wa huwa syahīd(un).
[37]
Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind].
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِيْ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍۖ وَّمَا مَسَّنَا مِنْ لُّغُوْبٍ٣٨
Wa laqad khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā bainahumā fī sittati ayyām(in), wa mā massanā mil lugūb(in).
[38]
And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.
فَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوْعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوْبِ ۚ٣٩
Faṣbir ‘alā mā yaqūlūna wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulū‘isy-syamsi wa qablal-gurūb(i).
[39]
So be patient, [O Muhammad], over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,
وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَاَدْبَارَ السُّجُوْدِ٤٠
Wa minal-laili fasabbiḥhu wa adbāras-sujūd(i).
[40]
And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration.
وَاسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِنْ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيْبٍ٤١
Wastami‘ yauma yunādil-munādi mim makānin qarīb(in).
[41]
And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُوْنَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ۗذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوْجِ٤٢
Yauma yasma‘ūnaṣ-ṣaiḥata bil-ḥaqq(i), żālika yaumul-khurūj(i).
[42]
The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].
اِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيٖ وَنُمِيْتُ وَاِلَيْنَا الْمَصِيْرُۙ٤٣
Innā naḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa ilainal-maṣīr(u).
[43]
Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination
يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْاَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۗذٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيْرٌ٤٤
Yauma tasyaqqaqul-arḍu ‘anhum sirā‘ā(n), żālika ḥasyrun ‘alainā yasīr(un).
[44]
On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy 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(in), fażakkir bil-qur'āni may yakhāfu wa‘īd(i).
[45]
We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant. But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat.