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Surah Qaf (Arabic: سورة Qaf, "The Letter Qaf") is the 50 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 45 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.
Introduction
Surah Qaf ("The Letter Qaf") is chapter 50 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 45 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.
Text and Translation
Verse 50:1
قٓࣞ وَالۡقُرۡاٰنِ الۡمَجِيۡدِۚ
qaf wal-qur'āni l-majīdi
Qaf. By the honored Qur'an
Verse 50:2
بَلۡ عَجِبُوۡ٘ا اَنۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مُّنۡذِرٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا شَيۡءٌ عَجِيۡبٌۚ
bal ʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum faqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā shayon ʿajībun
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing
Verse 50:3
ءَاِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًاۚ ذٰلِكَ رَجۡعٌۭ بَعِيۡدٌ
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdun
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return
Verse 50:4
قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنۡقُصُ الۡاَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۚ وَعِنۡدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِيۡظٌ
qad ʿalim'nā mā tanquṣu l-arḍu min'hum waʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓun
We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record
Verse 50:5
بَلۡ كَذَّبُوۡا بِالۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيۡ٘ اَمۡرٍ مَّرِيۡجٍ
bal kadhabū bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahum fahum fī amrin marījin
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition
Verse 50:6
اَفَلَمۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡ٘ا اِلَي السَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنٰهَا وَزَيَّنّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنۡ فُرُوۡجٍ
afalam yanẓurū ilā l-samāi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wazayyannāhā wamā lahā min furūjin
Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts
Verse 50:7
وَالۡاَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنٰهَا وَاَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيۡهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنۭۡ بَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ زَوۡجٍۭ بَهِيۡجٍۙ
wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin bahījin
And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind
Verse 50:8
تَبۡصِرَةً وَّذِكۡرٰي لِكُلِّ عَبۡدٍ مُّنِيۡبٍ
tabṣiratan wadhik'rā likulli ʿabdin munībin
Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah]
Verse 50:9
وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبٰرَكًا فَاَنۭۡ بَتۡنَا بِهٖ جَنّٰتٍ وَّحَبَّ الۡحَصِيۡدِۙ
wanazzalnā mina l-samāi māan mubārakan fa-anbatnā bihi jannātin waḥabba l-ḥaṣīdi
And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
Verse 50:10
وَالنَّخۡلَ بٰسِقٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلۡعٌ نَّضِيۡدٌۙ
wal-nakhla bāsiqātin lahā ṭalʿun naḍīdun
And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers
Verse 50:11
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
Verse 50:12
كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوۡحٍ وَّاَصۡحٰبُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُوۡدُۙ
The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud
Verse 50:13
وَعَادٌ وَّفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَاِخۡوَانُ لُوۡطٍۙ
And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot
Verse 50:14
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
Verse 50:15
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
Verse 50:16
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
Verse 50:17
اِذۡ يَتَلَقَّي الۡمُتَلَقِّيٰنِ عَنِ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيۡدٌ
When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left
Verse 50:18
مَا يَلۡفِظُ مِنۡ قَوۡلٍ اِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيۡبٌ عَتِيۡدٌ
Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]
Verse 50:19
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
Verse 50:20
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّوۡرِؕ ذٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡوَعِيۡدِ
And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat
Verse 50:21
وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَّشَهِيۡدٌ
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness
Verse 50:22
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
Verse 50:23
وَقَالَ قَرِيۡنُهٗ هٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيۡدٌؕ
And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared
Verse 50:24
اَلۡقِيَا فِيۡ جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيۡدٍۙ
[Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever
Verse 50:25
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ مُّرِيۡبِۙ
Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter
Verse 50:26
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
Verse 50:27
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
Verse 50:28
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
Verse 50:29
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
Verse 50:30
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
Verse 50:31
وَاُزۡلِفَتِ الۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيۡدٍ
And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far
Verse 50:32
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]
Verse 50:33
مَنۡ خَشِيَ الرَّحۡمٰنَ بِالۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٍ مُّنِيۡبِۙ
Who feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance]
Verse 50:34
اِۨدۡخُلُوۡهَا بِسَلٰمٍؕ ذٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ الۡخُلُوۡدِ
Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity
Verse 50:35
لَهُمۡ مَّا يَشَآءُوۡنَ فِيۡهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيۡدٌ
They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more
Verse 50:36
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
Verse 50:37
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]
Verse 50:38
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
Verse 50:39
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
Verse 50:40
وَمِنَ الَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَاَدۡبَارَ السُّجُوۡدِ
And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration
Verse 50:41
وَاسۡتَمِعۡ يَوۡمَ يُنَادِ الۡمُنَادِ مِنۡ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيۡبٍۙ
And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near
Verse 50:42
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]
Verse 50:43
اِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيٖ وَنُمِيۡتُ وَاِلَيۡنَا الۡمَصِيۡرُۙ
Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination
Verse 50:44
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
Verse 50:45
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