Qaf

قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ

Q̣AAAF: Wal-Q̣urʹaanil Majeed.

Qāf. By the honored Qur’ān...

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Bal ʻajibooo ʹañ jaaaʹahum Muñẓirum minhum faq̣aalal kaafiroona haaẓaa shayʹun ʻajeeb!

But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

ʹA-ʹiẓaa mitnaa wa-kunnaa turaabaa? Ẓaalika Rajʻum baʻeed!

When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ

Q̣ad ʻalimnaa maa- tañq̣uṣul ʹarḍu minhum: wa-ʻiñdanaa Kitaabun Hafeez̤̣.

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

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

Bal kaẓẓaboo bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i lammaa jaaaʹahum fahum feee ʹamrim mareej.

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

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

ʹAfalam yañz̤̣urooo ʹilas samaaaʹi fawq̣ahum kayfa banaynaahaa wa-zayyannaahaa wa-maa lahaa miñ furooj?

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

Wal-ʹarḍa madadnaahaa wa-ʹalq̣aynaa feehaa rawaasiya wa-ʹambatnaa feehaa miñ 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,

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Tabṣiratañw Waẓikraa likulli ʻabdim muneeb.

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

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

Wa-nazzalnaa minas samaaaʹi maaaʹam mubaarakañ faʹambatnaa bihee jannatiñw waḥabbal ḥaṣeed;

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

وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

Wannakhla baasiq̣aatil lahaa ṭalʻun naḍeed;―

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ

Rizq̣al lilʻibaadi wa-ʹaḥyaynaa bihee baldatam maytaa. Kaẓaalikal khurooj.

As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

Kaẓẓabat q̣ablahum Q̣awmu Nooḥiñw waʹAṣḥaabur Rassi wa-S̤amood,

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

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

Wa-ʻAaduñw Wa-Firʻawnu wa-ʹIkhwaanu Looṭ

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

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

Wa-ʹAṣḥaabul ʹaykati wa-Q̣awmu Tubbaʻ; kulluñ kaẓẓabar rusula faḥaq̣q̣a Waʻeed.

And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

ʹAfaʻayeenaa bilkhalq̣il ʹawwal: bal hum fee labsim min khalq̣iñ jadeed?

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

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

Wa-laq̣ad khalaq̣nal ʹiñsaana Wanaʻlamu maa- tuwaswisu bihee nafsuh: wa-Naḥnu ʹaq̣rabu ʹilayhi min ḥablil 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.

إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

ʹIẓ yatalaq̣q̣al mutalaq̣q̣iyaani ʻanil yameeni wa-ʻanish shimaali q̣aʻeed.

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

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

Maa- yalfiz̤̣u miñ q̣awlin ʹillaa ladayhi raq̣eebun ʻateed.

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

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Wa-jaaaʹat sakratul mawṭi bilḥaq̣q̣: ẓaalika maa- kuñta minhu taḥeed!

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

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

Wa-nufikha fiṣ Ṣoor: ẓaalika Yawmul Waʻeed.

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

وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

Wa-jaaaʹat kullu nafsim maʻahaa saaaʹiq̣uñw washaheed.

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

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

Laq̣ad kuñta fee g̣aflatim min haaẓaa fakashafnaa ʻañka g̣iṭaaaʹaka fabaṣarukal Yawma ḥadeed!

[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 قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

Wa-q̣aala Q̣areenuhoo haaẓaa maa- ladayya ʻateed!

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

أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

ʹAlq̣iyaa fee Jahannama kulla kaffaarin ʻaneed,

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

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

Mannaaʻil lilkhayri muʻtadim mureeb;

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

ʹAllaẓee jaʻala maʻal laahi ʹilaahan ʹaakhara faʹalq̣iyaahu fil ʻAẓaabish shadeed.

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

۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Q̣aala Q̣areenuhoo Rabbanaa maaa ʹaṭg̣aytuhoo wa-laakiñ kaana fee ḍalaalim baʻeed.

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

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

Q̣aala laa- takhtaṣimoo ladayya wa-q̣ad q̣addamtu ʹilaykum̃ bilwaʻeed.

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

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Maa- yubaddalul Q̣awlu ladayya wa-maaa ʹana biz̤̣al-laamil lilʻAbeed.

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

يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ

Yawma naq̣oolu li-Jahannama halim talaʹti wa-taq̣oolu hal mim mazeed?

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

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

Wa-ʹuzlifatil Jannatu lil-Muttaq̣eena g̣ayra baʻeed.

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

هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

Haaẓaa maa- tooʻadoona likulli ʹawwaabin ḥafeez̤̣,―

[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allāh] and keeper [of His covenant].

مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Man khashiyar Raḥmaana bilg̣aybi wa-jaaaʹa biq̣albim muneeb:

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

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

ʹUdkhuloohaa bi-Salaam; ẓaalika Yawmul Khulood!

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

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

Lahum maa yashaaaʹoona feehaa wa-Ladaynaa mazeed.

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

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

Wa-kam ʹahlaknaa q̣ablahum miñ q̣arnin hum ʹashaddu minhum baṭshañ fanaq̣q̣aboo fil bilaad? Hal mim maḥeeṣ?

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

ʹInna fee ẓaalika la-Ẓikraa limañ kaana lahoo q̣albun ʹaw ʹalq̣as samʻa wa-huwa shaheed.

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

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

Wa-laq̣ad khalaq̣nas samaawaati wal-ʹarḍa wa-maa baynahumaa fee Sittati ʹAyyaam; wa-maa massanaa mil lug̣oob.

And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.

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

Faṣbir ʻalaa maa- yaq̣ooloona wa-sabbiḥ bi-Ḥamdi Rabbika q̣abla ṭulooʻish shamsi wa-q̣ablal g̣uroob,―

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 ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ

Wa-minal layli fasabbiḥhu wa-ʹadbaaras sujood.

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

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

Wastamiʻ Yawma yunaadil Munaadi mim makaaniñ q̣areeb,―

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

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

Yawma yasmaʻoonaṣ Ṣay-ḥata bilḥaq̣q̣: ẓaalika Yawmul Khurooj.

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

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

ʹInnaa Naḥnu nuḥyee wa-numeetu wa-ʹilaynal Maṣeer!

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

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

Yawma tashaq̣q̣aq̣ul ʹarḍu ʻanhum siraaʻaa: ẓaalika ḥashrun ʻalaynaa yaseer.

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

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

Naḥnu ʹaʻlamu bimaa yaq̣ooloona wa-maaa ʹañta ʻalayhim̃ bijabbaar. Faẓakkir bil-Q̣urʹaani mañy yakhaafu Waʻeed!

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.