Qaf

Qaf. By the honored Qur'an...

qaf wal-qur'āni l-majīdi

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

bal ʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum faqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā shayon ʿajībun

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

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdun

We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record.

qad ʿalim'nā mā tanquṣu l-arḍu min'hum waʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓun

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

bal kadhabū bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahum fahum fī amrin marījin

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

afalam yanẓurū ilā l-samāi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wazayyannāhā wamā lahā min furūjin

And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,

wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin bahījin

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

tabṣiratan wadhik'rā likulli ʿabdin munībin

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

wanazzalnā mina l-samāi māan mubārakan fa-anbatnā bihi jannātin waḥabba l-ḥaṣīdi

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

wal-nakhla bāsiqātin lahā ṭalʿun naḍīdun

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

riz'qan lil'ʿibādi wa-aḥyaynā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika l-khurūju

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

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wa-aṣḥābu l-rasi wathamūdu

And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu wa-ikh'wānu lūṭin

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

wa-aṣḥābu l-aykati waqawmu tubbaʿin kullun kadhaba l-rusula faḥaqqa waʿīdi

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

afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi l-awali bal hum fī labsin min khalqin jadīdin

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

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi

When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left.

idh yatalaqqā l-mutalaqiyāni ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli qaʿīdun

Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīdun

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

wajāat sakratu l-mawti bil-ḥaqi dhālika mā kunta min'hu taḥīdu

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

wanufikha fī l-ṣūri dhālika yawmu l-waʿīdi

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

wajāat kullu nafsin maʿahā sāiqun washahīdun

[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."

laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāaka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīdun

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

waqāla qarīnuhu hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīdun

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

alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīdin

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin murībin

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

alladhī jaʿala maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fa-alqiyāhu fī l-ʿadhābi l-shadīdi

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

qāla qarīnuhu rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhu walākin kāna fī ḍalālin baʿīdin

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

qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīdi

The word will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."

mā yubaddalu l-qawlu ladayya wamā anā biẓallāmin lil'ʿabīdi

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

yawma naqūlu lijahannama hali im'talati wataqūlu hal min mazīdin

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

wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna ghayra baʿīdin

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

hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓin

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

man khashiya l-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wajāa biqalbin munībin

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

ud'khulūhā bisalāmin dhālika yawmu l-khulūdi

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

lahum mā yashāūna fīhā waladaynā mazīdun

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?

wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu min'hum baṭshan fanaqqabū fī l-bilādi hal min maḥīṣin

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

inna fī dhālika ladhik'rā liman kāna lahu qalbun aw alqā l-samʿa wahuwa shahīdun

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

walaqad khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin wamā massanā min lughūbin

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,

fa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi l-shamsi waqabla l-ghurūbi

And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration.

wamina al-layli fasabbiḥ'hu wa-adbāra l-sujūdi

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

wa-is'tamiʿ yawma yunādi l-munādi min makānin qarībin

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

yawma yasmaʿūna l-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqi dhālika yawmu l-khurūji

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

innā naḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wa-ilaynā l-maṣīru

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

yawma tashaqqaqu l-arḍu ʿanhum sirāʿan dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā yasīrun

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.

naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna wamā anta ʿalayhim bijabbārin fadhakkir bil-qur'āni man yakhāfu waʿīdi