Surah Qaf

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 50:1 ▶

   قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ ﴿١﴾

   qāf | wal-qur'āni l-majīd

   Qāf. By the honored Qur’ān...

   See footnote to 2:1.

   See footnote to 38:1.

2. 50:2 ▶

   بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ ﴿٢﴾

   bal ʿajibū 'an jā'ahum mundhirum minhum faqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā shay'un ʿajīb

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

3. 50:3 ▶

   أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ ﴿٣﴾

   a'idhā mitnā wakunnā turābā | dhālika rajʿum baʿīd

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

4. 50:4 ▶

   قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ ﴿٤﴾

   qad ʿalimnā mā tanquṣu l-arḍu minhum | waʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓ

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

5. 50:5 ▶

   بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ ﴿٥﴾

   bal kadhdhabū bil-ḥaqqi lammā jā'ahum fahum fī 'amrim marīj

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

6. 50:6 ▶

   أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ ﴿٦﴾

   afalam yanẓurū 'ila s-samā'i fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wazayyannāhā wamā lahā min furūj

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

7. 50:7 ▶

   وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ ﴿٧﴾

   wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa'alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa'ambatnā fīhā min kulli zawjim bahīj

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

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   تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ ﴿٨﴾

   tabṣirataw wadhikrā likulli ʿabdim munīb

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

9. 50:9 ▶

   وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ ﴿٩﴾

   wanazzalnā mina s-samā'i mā'am mubārakan fa'ambatnā bihī jannātiw waḥabba l-ḥaṣīd

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

10. 50:10 ▶

    وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ ﴿١٠﴾

    wan-nakhla bāsiqātil lahā ṭalʿun naḍīd

    And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

11. 50:11 ▶

    رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ ﴿١١﴾

    rizqal lil-ʿibād | wa'aḥyaynā bihī baldatam maytā | kadhālika l-khurūj

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

12. 50:12 ▶

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ ﴿١٢﴾

    kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wa'aṣḥābu r-rassi wathamūd

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

    i.e., before the disbelievers of Makkah.

    See footnote to 25:38.

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    وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ ﴿١٣﴾

    waʿāduw wafirʿawnu wa'ikhwānu lūṭ

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

14. 50:14 ▶

    وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ﴿١٤﴾

    wa'aṣḥābu l-aykati waqawmu tubbaʿ | kullun kadhdhaba r-rusula faḥaqqa waʿīd

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

15. 50:15 ▶

    أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ﴿١٥﴾

    afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi l-awwal | bal hum fī labsim min khalqin jadīd

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

16. 50:16 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ ﴿١٦﴾

    walaqad khalaqna l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuh | wanaḥnu 'aqrabu 'ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīd

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

    In absolute knowledge of everything about him. "We" has also been interpreted to mean the angels who are mentioned in the following verse.

17. 50:17 ▶

    إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ ﴿١٧﴾

    idh yatalaqqa l-mutalaqqiyāni ʿani l-yamīni waʿani sh-shimāli qaʿīd

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

    And record each word and deed.

18. 50:18 ▶

    مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ﴿١٨﴾

    mā yalfiẓu min qawlin 'illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīd

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

19. 50:19 ▶

    وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ ﴿١٩﴾

    wajā'at sakratu l-mawti bil-ḥaqq | dhālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd

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

20. 50:20 ▶

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ ﴿٢٠﴾

    wanufikha fi ṣ-ṣūr | dhālika yawmu l-waʿīd

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

21. 50:21 ▶

    وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ ﴿٢١﴾

    wajā'at kullu nafsim maʿahā sā'iquw washahīd

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

    i.e., one angel driving the soul to the Judgement and one to testify as to its deeds.

22. 50:22 ▶

    لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ ﴿٢٢﴾

    laqad kunta fī ghaflatim min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭā'aka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīd

    [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."

    Of heedlessness, or that which had sealed your hearing, your vision and your heart from guidance.

23. 50:23 ▶

    وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    waqāla qarīnuhū hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīd

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

24. 50:24 ▶

    أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

    alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīd

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

25. 50:25 ▶

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

    mannāʿil lil-khayri muʿtadim murīb

    Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

26. 50:26 ▶

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ﴿٢٦﴾

    alladhī jaʿala maʿa llāhi 'ilāhan 'ākhara fa'alqiyāhu fi l-ʿadhābi sh-shadīd

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

27. 50:27 ▶

    ۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿٢٧﴾

    qāla qarīnuhū rabbanā mā 'aṭghaytuhū walākin kāna fī ḍalālim baʿīd

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

28. 50:28 ▶

    قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ ﴿٢٨﴾

    qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu 'ilaykum bil-waʿīd

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

29. 50:29 ▶

    مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ﴿٢٩﴾

    mā yubaddalu l-qawlu ladayya wamā 'ana biẓallāmil lil-ʿabīd

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

30. 50:30 ▶

    يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

    yawma naqūlu lijahannama hali mtala'ti wataqūlu hal mim mazīd

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

31. 50:31 ▶

    وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ﴿٣١﴾

    wa'uzlifati l-jannatu lil-muttaqīna ghayra baʿīd

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

32. 50:32 ▶

    هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ ﴿٣٢﴾

    hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli 'awwābin ḥafīẓ

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

33. 50:33 ▶

    مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

    man khashiya r-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wajā'a biqalbim munīb

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

34. 50:34 ▶

    ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ ﴿٣٤﴾

    udkhulūhā bisalām | dhālika yawmu l-khulūd

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

35. 50:35 ▶

    لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ ﴿٣٥﴾

    lahum mā yashā'ūna fīhā waladaynā mazīd

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

36. 50:36 ▶

    وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ ﴿٣٦﴾

    wakam 'ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum 'ashaddu minhum baṭshan fanaqqabū fi l-bilādi hal mim maḥīṣ

    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?

37. 50:37 ▶

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٣٧﴾

    inna fī dhālika ladhikrā liman kāna lahū qalbun 'aw 'alqa s-samʿa wahuwa shahīd

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

38. 50:38 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

    walaqad khalaqna s-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati 'ayyāmiw wamā massanā mil lughūb

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

39. 50:39 ▶

    فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ ﴿٣٩﴾

    faṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi sh-shamsi waqabla l-ghurūb

    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,

40. 50:40 ▶

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ ﴿٤٠﴾

    wamina llayli fasabbiḥhu wa'adbāra s-sujūd

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

41. 50:41 ▶

    وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ ﴿٤١﴾

    wastamiʿ yawma yunādi l-munādi mim makānin qarīb

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

    An angel who will call out Allāh's command for the Resurrection.

42. 50:42 ▶

    يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ ﴿٤٢﴾

    yawma yasmaʿūna ṣ-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqq | dhālika yawmu l-khurūj

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

43. 50:43 ▶

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٤٣﴾

    innā naḥnu nuḥyī wanumītu wa'ilayna l-maṣīr

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

44. 50:44 ▶

    يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ ﴿٤٤﴾

    yawma tashaqqaqu l-arḍu ʿanhum sirāʿā | dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā yasīr

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

45. 50:45 ▶

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ﴿٤٥﴾

    naḥnu 'aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūn | wamā 'anta ʿalayhim bijabbār | fadhakkir bil-qur'āni may yakhāfu waʿīd

    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.

    Forcing people to belief or submission.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.