ق
The Letter "Qaf"
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wajāat kullu nafsin maʿahā sāiqun washahīdun
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.
laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāaka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīdun
[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."
waqāla qarīnuhu hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīdun
And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."
alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīdin
[Allāh will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,
mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin murībin
Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,
alladhī jaʿala maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fa-alqiyāhu fī l-ʿadhābi l-shadīdi
Who made [as equal] with Allāh another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."
qāla qarīnuhu rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhu walākin kāna fī ḍalālin baʿīdin
His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."
qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīdi
[Allāh] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the threat [i.e., warning].
mā yubaddalu l-qawlu ladayya wamā anā biẓallāmin lil'ʿabīdi
The word [i.e., decree] will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."
yawma naqūlu lijahannama hali im'talati wataqūlu hal min mazīdin
On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"
wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna ghayra baʿīdin
And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far,
hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓin
[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allāh] and keeper [of His covenant].
man khashiya l-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wajāa biqalbin munībin
Who feared the Most Merciful in the unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].
ud'khulūhā bisalāmin dhālika yawmu l-khulūdi
Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."
lahum mā yashāūna fīhā waladaynā mazīdun
They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu min'hum baṭshan fanaqqabū fī l-bilādi hal min maḥīṣin
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 fī dhālika ladhik'rā liman kāna lahu qalbun aw alqā l-samʿa wahuwa shahīdun
Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind].
walaqad khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin wamā massanā min lughūbin
And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.
fa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi l-shamsi waqabla l-ghurūbi
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 al-layli fasabbiḥ'hu wa-adbāra l-sujūdi
And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration [i.e., prayer].