قٓࣞ وَالۡقُرۡاٰنِ الۡمَجِيۡدِۚ‏

Qaf. By the honored Qur'an

بَلۡ عَجِبُوۡ٘ا اَنۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مُّنۡذِرٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا شَيۡءٌ عَجِيۡبٌۚ‏

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

ءَاِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًاۚ ذٰلِكَ رَجۡعٌۭ بَعِيۡدٌ

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

قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنۡقُصُ الۡاَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۚ وَعِنۡدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِيۡظٌ

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

بَلۡ كَذَّبُوۡا بِالۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيۡ٘ اَمۡرٍ مَّرِيۡجٍ

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

اَفَلَمۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡ٘ا اِلَي السَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنٰهَا وَزَيَّنّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنۡ فُرُوۡجٍ

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

وَالۡاَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنٰهَا وَاَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيۡهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنۭۡ بَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ زَوۡجٍۭ بَهِيۡجٍۙ‏

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

تَبۡصِرَةً وَّذِكۡرٰي لِكُلِّ عَبۡدٍ مُّنِيۡبٍ

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

وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبٰرَكًا فَاَنۭۡ بَتۡنَا بِهٖ جَنّٰتٍ وَّحَبَّ الۡحَصِيۡدِۙ‏

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

وَالنَّخۡلَ بٰسِقٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلۡعٌ نَّضِيۡدٌۙ‏

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers

رِّزۡقًا لِّلۡعِبَادِۙ وَاَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهٖ بَلۡدَةً مَّيۡتًاؕ كَذٰلِكَ الۡخُرُوۡجُ

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

كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوۡحٍ وَّاَصۡحٰبُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُوۡدُۙ‏

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

وَعَادٌ وَّفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَاِخۡوَانُ لُوۡطٍۙ‏

And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

وَّاَصۡحٰبُ الۡاَيۡكَةِ وَقَوۡمُ تُبَّعٍؕ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيۡدِ

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

اَفَعَيِيۡنَا بِالۡخَلۡقِ الۡاَوَّلِؕ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِيۡ لَبۡسٍ مِّنۡ خَلۡقٍ جَدِيۡدٍࣖ‏

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

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهٖ نَفۡسُهٗۚۖ وَنَحۡنُ اَقۡرَبُ اِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ الۡوَرِيۡدِ

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

اِذۡ يَتَلَقَّي الۡمُتَلَقِّيٰنِ عَنِ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيۡدٌ

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

مَا يَلۡفِظُ مِنۡ قَوۡلٍ اِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيۡبٌ عَتِيۡدٌ

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

وَجَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ الۡمَوۡتِ بِالۡحَقِّؕ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنۡتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيۡدُ

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

وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّوۡرِؕ ذٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡوَعِيۡدِ

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

وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَّشَهِيۡدٌ

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

لَقَدۡ كُنۡتَ فِيۡ غَفۡلَةٍ مِّنۡ هٰذَا فَكَشَفۡنَا عَنۡكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الۡيَوۡمَ حَدِيۡدٌ

[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 قَرِيۡنُهٗ هٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيۡدٌؕ‏

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

اَلۡقِيَا فِيۡ جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيۡدٍۙ‏

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

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ مُّرِيۡبِۙ‏

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter

اِۨلَّذِيۡ جَعَلَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَاَلۡقِيٰهُ فِي الۡعَذَابِ الشَّدِيۡدِ

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

قَالَ قَرِيۡنُهٗ رَبَّنَا مَا٘ اَطۡغَيۡتُهٗ وَلٰكِنۡ كَانَ فِيۡ ضَلٰلٍۭ بَعِيۡدٍ

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

قَالَ لَا تَخۡتَصِمُوۡا لَدَيَّ وَقَدۡ قَدَّمۡتُ اِلَيۡكُمۡ بِالۡوَعِيۡدِ

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

مَا يُبَدَّلُ الۡقَوۡلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَا٘ اَنَا بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلۡعَبِيۡدِࣖ‏

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

يَوۡمَ نَقُوۡلُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امۡتَلَاۡتِ وَتَقُوۡلُ هَلۡ مِنۡ مَّزِيۡدٍ

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

وَاُزۡلِفَتِ الۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيۡدٍ

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

هٰذَا مَا تُوۡعَدُوۡنَ لِكُلِّ اَوَّابٍ حَفِيۡظٍۚ‏

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

مَنۡ خَشِيَ الرَّحۡمٰنَ بِالۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٍ مُّنِيۡبِۙ‏

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

اِۨدۡخُلُوۡهَا بِسَلٰمٍؕ ذٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡخُلُوۡدِ

Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity

لَهُمۡ مَّا يَشَآءُوۡنَ فِيۡهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيۡدٌ

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

وَكَمۡ اَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُمۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ اَشَدُّ مِنۡهُمۡ بَطۡشًا فَنَقَّبُوۡا فِي الۡبِلَادِؕ هَلۡ مِنۡ مَّحِيۡصٍ

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

اِنَّ فِيۡ ذٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرٰي لِمَنۡ كَانَ لَهٗ قَلۡبٌ اَوۡ اَلۡقَي السَّمۡعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيۡدٌ

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

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِيۡ سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍࣗۖ وَّمَا مَسَّنَا مِنۡ لُّغُوۡبٍ

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

فَاصۡبِرۡ عَلٰي مَا يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوۡعِ الشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ الۡغُرُوۡبِۚ‏

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

وَمِنَ الَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَاَدۡبَارَ السُّجُوۡدِ

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

وَاسۡتَمِعۡ يَوۡمَ يُنَادِ الۡمُنَادِ مِنۡ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيۡبٍۙ‏

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

يَّوۡمَ يَسۡمَعُوۡنَ الصَّيۡحَةَ بِالۡحَقِّؕ ذٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡخُرُوۡجِ

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

اِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيٖ وَنُمِيۡتُ وَاِلَيۡنَا الۡمَصِيۡرُۙ‏

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

يَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ الۡاَرۡضُ عَنۡهُمۡ سِرَاعًاؕ ذٰلِكَ حَشۡرٌ عَلَيۡنَا يَسِيۡرٌ

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

نَحۡنُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ وَمَا٘ اَنۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ بِجَبَّارٍࣞ فَذَكِّرۡ بِالۡقُرۡاٰنِ مَنۡ يَّخَافُ وَعِيۡدِࣖ‏

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