Surah Qaf Word by Word Translation, Transliteration with Audio

qaf wal-qur'āni l-majīdi

Qãf. By the glorious Quran!

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

˹All will be resurrected,˺ yet the deniers are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves ˹warning of resurrection˺. So the disbelievers say, “This is an astonishing thing!

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdun

˹Will we be returned to life,˺ when we are dead and reduced to dust? Such a return is impossible.”

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

We certainly know what the earth consumes of them ˹after their death˺, and with us is a well-preserved Record.

bal kadhabū bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahum fahum fī amrin marījin

In fact, they reject the truth when it has come to them, so they are in a confused state.

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

Have they not then looked at the sky above them: how We built it and adorned it ˹with stars˺, leaving it flawless?

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

As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and produced in it every type of pleasant plant—

tabṣiratan wadhik'rā likulli ʿabdin munībin

˹all as˺ an insight and a reminder to every servant who turns ˹to Allah˺.

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

And We send down blessed rain from the sky, bringing forth gardens and grains for harvest,

wal-nakhla bāsiqātin lahā ṭalʿun naḍīdun

and towering palm trees ˹loaded˺ with clustered fruit,

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

˹as˺ a provision for ˹Our˺ servants. And with this ˹rain˺ We revive a lifeless land. Similar is the emergence ˹from the graves˺.

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wa-aṣḥābu l-rasi wathamūdu

Before them, the people of Noah denied ˹the truth,˺ as did the people of the Water-pit, Thamûd,

waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu wa-ikh'wānu lūṭin

’Ȃd, Pharaoh, the kinfolk of Lot,

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

the residents of the Forest, and the people of Tubba’. Each rejected ˹their˺ messenger, so My warning was fulfilled.

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

Were We incapable of creating ˹them˺ the first time? In fact, they are in doubt about ˹their˺ re-creation.

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

Indeed, ˹it is˺ We ˹Who˺ created humankind and ˹fully˺ know what their souls whisper to them, and We are closer to them than ˹their˺ jugular vein.

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

As the two recording-angels—˹one˺ sitting to the right, and ˹the other to˺ the left—note ˹everything˺,

mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīdun

not a word does a person utter without having a ˹vigilant˺ observer ready ˹to write it down˺.

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

˹Ultimately,˺ with the throes of death will come the truth. This is what you were trying to escape!

wanufikha fī l-ṣūri dhālika yawmu l-waʿīdi

And the Trumpet will be blown. This is the Day ˹you were˺ warned of.

wajāat kullu nafsin maʿahā sāiqun washahīdun

Each soul will come forth with an angel to drive it and another to testify.

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

˹It will be said to the denier,˺ “You were totally heedless of this. Now We have lifted this veil of yours, so Today your sight is sharp!”

waqāla qarīnuhu hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīdun

And one’s accompanying-angel will say, “Here is the record ready with me.”

alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīdin

˹It will be said to both angels,˺ “Throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever,

mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin murībin

withholder of good, transgressor, and doubter,

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

who set up another god with Allah. So cast them into the severe punishment.”

qāla qarīnuhu rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhu walākin kāna fī ḍalālin baʿīdin

One’s ˹devilish˺ associate will say, “Our Lord! I did not make them transgress. Rather, they were far astray ˹on their own˺.”

qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīdi

Allah will respond, “Do not dispute in My presence, since I had already given you a warning.

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

My Word cannot be changed, nor am I unjust to ˹My˺ creation.”

yawma naqūlu lijahannama hali im'talati wataqūlu hal min mazīdin

˹Beware of˺ the Day We will ask Hell, “Are you full ˹yet˺?” And it will respond, “Are there any more?”