Surah Qāf (The Letter "Qaf") in English

1. وكم أهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هم أشد منهم بطشا فنقبوا في البلاد هل من محيص

   36

   How many generations We have destroyed before them, who were stronger than these, insomuch that they ransacked the towns?! So, is there any escape [from Allah’s punishment]?

   wa-kam ʾahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ʾashaddu minhum baṭshan fa-naqqabū fī l-bilādi hal min maḥīṣin

2. إن في ذلك لذكرى لمن كان له قلب أو ألقى السمع وهو شهيد

   37

   There is indeed an admonition in that for one who has a heart, or gives ear, being attentive.

   ʾinna fī dhālika la-dhikrā li-man kāna lahū qalbun ʾaw ʾalqā s-samʿa wa-huwa shahīdun

3. ولقد خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام وما مسنا من لغوب

   38

   Certainly We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, in six days, and any fatigue did not touch Us.

   wa-la-qad khalaqnā s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-mā baynahumā fī sittati ʾayyāmin wa-mā massanā min lughūbin

4. فاصبر على ما يقولون وسبح بحمد ربك قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل الغروب

   39

   So be patient at what they say, and celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the sunset,

   fa-ṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-sabbiḥ bi-ḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi sh-shamsi wa-qabla l-ghurūbi

5. ومن الليل فسبحه وأدبار السجود

   40

   and glorify Him through part of the night and after the prostrations.

   wa-mina l-layli fa-sabbiḥhu wa-ʾadbāra s-sujūdi

6. واستمع يوم يناد المناد من مكان قريب

   41

   And be on the alert for the day when the caller calls from a close quarter,

   wa-stamiʿ yawma yunādi l-munādi min makānin qarībin

7. يوم يسمعون الصيحة بالحق ذلك يوم الخروج

   42

   the day when they hear the Cry in all truth. That is the day of rising [from the dead].

   yawma yasmaʿūna ṣ-ṣayḥata bi-l-ḥaqqi dhālika yawmu l-khurūji

8. إنا نحن نحيي ونميت وإلينا المصير

   43

   Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the [final] destination.

   ʾinnā naḥnu nuḥyī wa-numītu wa-ʾilaynā l-maṣīru

9. يوم تشقق الأرض عنهم سراعا ذلك حشر علينا يسير

   44

   The day the earth is split open for [disentombing] them, [they will come out] hastening. That mustering is easy for Us [to carry out].

   yawma tashaqqaqu l-ʾarḍu ʿanhum sirāʿan dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā yasīrun

10. نحن أعلم بما يقولون وما أنت عليهم بجبار فذكر بالقرآن من يخاف وعيد

    45

    We know well what they say, and you are not there to compel them. So admonish by the Quran those who fear My threat.

    naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yaqūlūna wa-mā ʾanta ʿalayhim bi-jabbārin fa-dhakkir bi-l-qurʾāni man yakhāfu waʿīdi