Qaf walqur-ani almajeed
Qāf. By the honored Qur’ān...
Bal AAajiboo an jaahum munthirunminhum faqala alkafiroona hatha shay-onAAajeeb
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
A-itha mitna wakunna turabanthalika rajAAun baAAeed
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
Qad AAalimna ma tanqusual-ardu minhum waAAindana kitabun hafeeth
We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.
Bal kaththaboo bilhaqqilamma jaahum fahum fee amrin mareej
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.
Afalam yanthuroo ila assama-ifawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannahawama laha min furooj
Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?
Wal-arda madadnahawaalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatnafeeha min kulli zawjin baheej
And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,
Tabsiratan wathikralikulli AAabdin muneeb
Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allāh].
Wanazzalna mina assama-imaan mubarakan faanbatna bihi jannatinwahabba alhaseed
And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
Wannakhla basiqatinlaha talAAun nadeed
And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -
Rizqan lilAAibadi waahyaynabihi baldatan maytan kathalika alkhurooj
As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwaas-habu arrassi wathamood
The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamūd
WaAAadun wafirAAawnu wa-ikhwanuloot
And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot
Waas-habu al-aykati waqawmutubbaAAin kullun kaththaba arrusula fahaqqawaAAeed
And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.
AfaAAayeena bilkhalqial-awwali bal hum fee labsin min khalqin jadeed
Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.
Walaqad khalaqna al-insanawanaAAlamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanahnu aqrabuilayhi min habli alwareed
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.
Ith yatalaqqa almutalaqqiyaniAAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimali qaAAeed
When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive, seated on the right and on the left.
Ma yalfithu min qawlinilla ladayhi raqeebun AAateed
He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].
Wajaat sakratu almawti bilhaqqithalika ma kunta minhu taheed
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
Wanufikha fee assoori thalikayawmu alwaAAeed
And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.
Wajaat kullu nafsin maAAaha sa-iqunwashaheed
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.
Laqad kunta fee ghaflatin min hathafakashafna AAanka ghitaaka fabasarukaalyawma hadeed
[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."
Waqala qareenuhu hatha maladayya AAateed
And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."
Alqiya fee jahannama kulla kaffarinAAaneed
[Allāh will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin mureeb
Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,
Allathee jaAAala maAAa Allahiilahan akhara faalqiyahu fee alAAathabiashshadeed
Who made [as equal] with Allāh another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."
Qala qareenuhu rabbana maatghaytuhu walakin kana fee dalalinbaAAeed
His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."
Qala la takhtasimooladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bilwaAAeed
[Allāh] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the threat [i.e., warning].
Ma yubaddalu alqawlu ladayya wamaana bithallamin lilAAabeed
The word [i.e., decree] will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."
Yawma naqoolu lijahannama hali imtala/tiwataqoolu hal min mazeed
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
Waozlifati aljannatu lilmuttaqeena ghayrabaAAeed
And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far,
Hatha ma tooAAadoona likulliawwabin hafeeth
[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allāh] and keeper [of His covenant].
Man khashiya arrahmanabilghaybi wajaa biqalbin muneeb
Who feared the Most Merciful in the unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].
Odkhulooha bisalamin thalikayawmu alkhulood
Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."
Lahum ma yashaoona feehawaladayna mazeed
They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.
Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fee albiladi halmin mahees
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?
Inna fee thalika lathikraliman kana lahu qalbun aw alqa assamAAawahuwa shaheed
Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind].
Walaqad khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma fee sittatiayyamin wama massana min lughoob
And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.
Fasbir AAala mayaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooAAiashshamsi waqabla alghuroob
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,
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waadbaraassujood
And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration [i.e., prayer].
WastamiAA yawma yunadi almunadimin makanin qareeb
And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -
Yawma yasmaAAoona assayhatabilhaqqi thalika yawmu alkhurooj
The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].
Inna nahnu nuhyeewanumeetu wa-ilayna almaseer
Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination
Yawma tashaqqaqu al-ardu AAanhum siraAAanthalika hashrun AAalayna yaseer
On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.
Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloonawama anta AAalayhim bijabbarin fathakkir bilqur-animan yakhafu waAAeed
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.