Surah Qaaf

سورة ق

The letter Qaaf

Surah 50 · 45 Ayahs

What Is Surah Qaaf?

Surah Qaaf is Surah 50 of the Quran. It contains 45 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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Ayah 1
قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ
Meaning
Qāf . (I swear) by the glorious Qur’ān, (you are sent as a messenger.)
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Ayah 2
بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Meaning
But they wonder that a warner has come to them from among themselves; so the disbelievers said, “This is something strange.
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Ayah 3
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
Meaning
Is it when we die and become dust (that we will be brought to life again?) That is a return, far (from understanding).”
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Ayah 4
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ
Meaning
We know very well how much of them is diminished by the earth, and We have a Book that Preserves every thing.
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Ayah 5
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ
Meaning
Rather, they rejected the truth when it came to them; so they are in a confused state.
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Ayah 6
أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ
Meaning
Did they not, then, look to the sky above them, how We have built it and beautified it, and it has no cracks?
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Ayah 7
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
Meaning
As for the earth, We have spread it out, and cast on it firm hills, and caused to grow therein every kind of delightful things,
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Ayah 8
تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
Meaning
as a source of vision and as a lesson to every servant (of Allah) who turns (to Him for guidance).
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Ayah 9
وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ
Meaning
And We sent down blessed water from the sky, and caused to grow therewith gardens and grain of harvest,
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Ayah 10
وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ
Meaning
and towering date palms that have spadices, put one upon another,
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Ayah 11
رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ
Meaning
as a provision to the servants (of Allah). And We gave life with it to a dead land. Similar will be the exit (of the dead from their graves).
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Ayah 12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
Meaning
It (resurrection) was rejected before them by the people of NūH, and the people of Rass and Thamūd,
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Ayah 13
وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ
Meaning
and ‘Ād, and Fir’aun (Pharaoh), and the brothers of LūT,
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Ayah 14
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
Meaning
and dwellers of Aaikah, and the people of Tubba’. Each one of them rejected the messengers; so My threat came true.
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Ayah 15
أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
Meaning
Is it, then, that We were worn out by the first creation? No, but they are still in confusion about the new creation.
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Ayah 16
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
Meaning
Indeed We have created man, and We know whatever thoughts his inner self develops, and We are closer to him than (his) jugular vein,
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Ayah 17
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
Meaning
when the two receiving angels receive (every human act to record it), seated (one) on the right and (one) on the left.
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Ayah 18
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ
Meaning
Not a single word is uttered by one but there is a watcher near him, ready (to record).
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Ayah 19
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
Meaning
The daze of death has (to) come with truth. That is what you tried to escape.
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Ayah 20
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ
Meaning
And the Horn will be blown. That will be the day of (which) threat (was given).
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Ayah 21
وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ
Meaning
And everybody will come, along with one (angel) to drive (him to the field of reckoning) and one (angel) to testify (about his deeds).
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Ayah 22
لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ
Meaning
“You were heedless of this. Now We have removed your veil from you; so your sight today is sharp.”
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Ayah 23
وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
Meaning
And his companion (i.e. the angel who recorded his deeds) will say, “This is what I have with me, ready (to be presented as his record of deeds).”
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Ayah 24
أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
Meaning
(Then it will be said,) “Cast, (O two angels,) into Jahannam (Hell) every obstinate disbeliever
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Ayah 25
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ
Meaning
who used to prevent (others) from good (behavior), who transgressed all bounds, who cast doubts (in true faith),
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Ayah 26
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ
Meaning
who set up another god along with Allah. So cast him (O angels) in the painful punishment.”
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Ayah 27
۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
Meaning
His (evil) companion (i.e. the Satan) will say, “O our Lord, I did not cause him to rebel, but he was himself (involved) in straying far from the track.”
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Ayah 28
قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
Meaning
He (Allah) will say, “Do not quarrel before Me, while I had sent to you My threat well in advance.
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Ayah 29
مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
Meaning
The Word is not changed with Me, and I Am not so unjust to My servants.”
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Ayah 30
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ
Meaning
(Remind them of) the Day when We will say to Jahannam (Hell), “Are you filled up?” and it will say, “Are there some more?”
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Ayah 31
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
Meaning
And the Jannah (Paradise) will be brought close for the God-fearing, no longer distant.
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Ayah 32
هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ
Meaning
(And it will be said,) “This is what you were promised for everyone who was oft-returning to Allah, vigilant (against sins),
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Ayah 33
مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ
Meaning
the one who feared the RaHmān (The All-Merciful Allah), without seeing Him, and came up with a heart oriented towards Him.
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Ayah 34
ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ
Meaning
Enter it in peace. That is the Day of Eternity.”
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Ayah 35
لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
Meaning
They will have in it whatever they wish, and with Us there are things even more than that.
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Ayah 36
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
Meaning
And how many a generation We have destroyed before them who were stronger than these in their grip on power, and they searched out the cities. Was there any place (for them) to escape?
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Ayah 37
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
Meaning
Indeed, there is a lesson in all this for him who has a heart and gives ear (to the truth) attentively.
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Ayah 38
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ
Meaning
We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days, and no weariness even touched Us.
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Ayah 39
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
Meaning
So, (O Prophet,) endure with patience what they say, and proclaim His purity, along with your Lord’s praise, before sunrise and before sunset.
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Ayah 40
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
Meaning
And in hours of night, proclaim His purity, and at the ends of prostration.
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Ayah 41
وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
Meaning
And listen: The Day when the caller will call out from a near place,
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Ayah 42
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
Meaning
the Day they will hear the Cry in reality- that will be the Day of Resurrection.
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Ayah 43
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Meaning
Surely We alone give life and bring death, and to Us is the final return
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Ayah 44
يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ
Meaning
on the Day when the earth will burst apart exposing them, while they will be hurrying up (to come out). That is an assembly, so easy for Us (to muster).
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Ayah 45
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
Meaning
We know well what they say, and you are not (sent) as one who compels them. So exhort, through the Qur’ān, the one who fears My warning.