Surah Qaf in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ

Transliteration qaf wal-qur'āni l-majīdi

English Qāf. By the honored Qur’ān...

1. قٓ ۚqafQaf
2. وَٱلْقُرْءَانِwal-qur'āniBy the Quran
3. ٱلْمَجِيدِl-majīdithe Glorious

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

Transliteration bal ʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum faqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā shayon ʿajībun

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

1. بَلْbalNay
2. عَجِبُوٓا۟ʿajibūthey wonder
3. أَنanthat
4. جَآءَهُمjāahumhas come to them
5. مُّنذِرٌۭmundhiruna warner
6. مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
7. فَقَالَfaqālaSo say
8. ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
9. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
10. شَىْءٌshayon(is) a thing
11. عَجِيبٌʿajībunamazing

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

Transliteration a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdun

English When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."

1. أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat! When
2. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe die
3. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand have become
4. تُرَابًۭا ۖturābandust
5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
6. رَجْعٌۢrajʿun(is) a return
7. بَعِيدٌۭbaʿīdunfar

قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَـٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ

Transliteration qad ʿalim'nā mā tanquṣu l-arḍu min'hum waʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓun

English We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.

1. قَدْqadCertainly
2. عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāWe know
3. مَاmāwhat
4. تَنقُصُtanquṣudiminishes
5. ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
6. مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humof them
7. وَعِندَنَاwaʿindanāand with Us
8. كِتَـٰبٌkitābun(is) a Book
9. حَفِيظٌۢḥafīẓunguarded

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

Transliteration bal kadhabū bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahum fahum fī amrin marījin

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

1. بَلْbalNay
2. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
4. لَمَّاlammāwhen
5. جَآءَهُمْjāahumit came (to) them
6. فَهُمْfahumso they
7. فِىٓfī(are) in
8. أَمْرٍۢamrina state
9. مَّرِيجٍmarījinconfused

أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَـٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

Transliteration afalam yanẓurū ilā l-samāi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wazayyannāhā wamā lahā min furūjin

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

1. أَفَلَمْafalamThen do not
2. يَنظُرُوٓا۟yanẓurūthey look
3. إِلَىilāat
4. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
5. فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
6. كَيْفَkayfahow
7. بَنَيْنَـٰهَاbanaynāhāWe structured it
8. وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَاwazayyannāhāand adorned it
9. وَمَاwamāand not
10. لَهَاlahāfor it
11. مِنminany
12. فُرُوجٍۢfurūjinrifts

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

Transliteration wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin bahījin

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

1. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaAnd the earth
2. مَدَدْنَـٰهَاmadadnāhāWe have spread it out
3. وَأَلْقَيْنَاwa-alqaynāand cast
4. فِيهَاfīhātherein
5. رَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyafirmly set mountains
6. وَأَنۢبَتْنَاwa-anbatnāand We made to grow
7. فِيهَاfīhātherein
8. مِنminof
9. كُلِّkullievery
10. زَوْجٍۭzawjinkind
11. بَهِيجٍۢbahījinbeautiful

تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Transliteration tabṣiratan wadhik'rā likulli ʿabdin munībin

English Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allāh].

1. تَبْصِرَةًۭtabṣiratanGiving insight
2. وَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminder
3. لِكُلِّlikullifor every
4. عَبْدٍۢʿabdinslave
5. مُّنِيبٍۢmunībinwho turns

وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَـٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

Transliteration wanazzalnā mina l-samāi māan mubārakan fa-anbatnā bihi jannātin waḥabba l-ḥaṣīdi

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

1. وَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnāAnd We have sent down
2. مِنَminafrom
3. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
4. مَآءًۭmāanwater
5. مُّبَـٰرَكًۭاmubārakanblessed
6. فَأَنۢبَتْنَاfa-anbatnāthen We made to grow
7. بِهِۦbihithereby
8. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
9. وَحَبَّwaḥabbaand grain
10. ٱلْحَصِيدِl-ḥaṣīdi(for) the harvest

وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَـٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

Transliteration wal-nakhla bāsiqātin lahā ṭalʿun naḍīdun

English And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

1. وَٱلنَّخْلَwal-nakhlaAnd the palms trees
2. بَاسِقَـٰتٍۢbāsiqātintall
3. لَّهَاlahāfor it
4. طَلْعٌۭṭalʿun(are) layers
5. نَّضِيدٌۭnaḍīdunarranged

رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ

Transliteration riz'qan lil'ʿibādi wa-aḥyaynā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika l-khurūju

English As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].

1. رِّزْقًۭاriz'qanA provision
2. لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖlil'ʿibādifor the slaves
3. وَأَحْيَيْنَاwa-aḥyaynāand We give life
4. بِهِۦbihitherewith
5. بَلْدَةًۭbaldatan(to) a land
6. مَّيْتًۭا ۚmaytandead
7. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
8. ٱلْخُرُوجُl-khurūju(will be) the coming forth

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

Transliteration kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wa-aṣḥābu l-rasi wathamūdu

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

1. كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
2. قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
3. قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
4. نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
5. وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuand (the) companions
6. ٱلرَّسِّl-rasi(of) Ar-Raas
7. وَثَمُودُwathamūduand Thamud

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ

Transliteration waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu wa-ikh'wānu lūṭin

English And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot

1. وَعَادٌۭwaʿādunAnd Aad
2. وَفِرْعَوْنُwafir'ʿawnuand Firaun
3. وَإِخْوَٰنُwa-ikh'wānuand (the) brothers
4. لُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lut

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

Transliteration wa-aṣḥābu l-aykati waqawmu tubbaʿin kullun kadhaba l-rusula faḥaqqa waʿīdi

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

1. وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuAnd (the) companions
2. ٱلْأَيْكَةِl-aykati(of) the wood
3. وَقَوْمُwaqawmuand (the) people
4. تُبَّعٍۢ ۚtubbaʿin(of) Tubba
5. كُلٌّۭkullunAll
6. كَذَّبَkadhabadenied
7. ٱلرُّسُلَl-rusulathe Messengers
8. فَحَقَّfaḥaqqaso was fulfilled
9. وَعِيدِwaʿīdiMy Threat

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

Transliteration afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi l-awali bal hum fī labsin min khalqin jadīdin

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

1. أَفَعَيِينَاafaʿayīnāWere We then tired
2. بِٱلْخَلْقِbil-khalqiwith the creation
3. ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚl-awalithe first
4. بَلْbalNay
5. هُمْhumthey
6. فِىfī(are) in
7. لَبْسٍۢlabsindoubt
8. مِّنْminabout
9. خَلْقٍۢkhalqina creation
10. جَدِيدٍۢjadīdinnew

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

Transliteration walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi

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

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
3. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
4. وَنَعْلَمُwanaʿlamuand We know
5. مَاmāwhat
6. تُوَسْوِسُtuwaswisuwhispers
7. بِهِۦbihito him
8. نَفْسُهُۥ ۖnafsuhuhis soul
9. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand We
10. أَقْرَبُaqrabu(are) nearer
11. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
12. مِنْminthan
13. حَبْلِḥabli(his) jugular vein
14. ٱلْوَرِيدِl-warīdi(his) jugular vein

إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

Transliteration idh yatalaqqā l-mutalaqiyāni ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli qaʿīdun

English When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive, seated on the right and on the left.

1. إِذْidhWhen
2. يَتَلَقَّىyatalaqqāreceive
3. ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِl-mutalaqiyānithe two receivers
4. عَنِʿanion
5. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
6. وَعَنِwaʿaniand on
7. ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimālithe left
8. قَعِيدٌۭqaʿīdunseated

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

Transliteration mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīdun

English He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

1. مَّاmāNot
2. يَلْفِظُyalfiẓuhe utters
3. مِنminany
4. قَوْلٍqawlinword
5. إِلَّاillābut
6. لَدَيْهِladayhiwith him
7. رَقِيبٌraqībun(is) an observer
8. عَتِيدٌۭʿatīdunready

وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

Transliteration wajāat sakratu l-mawti bil-ḥaqi dhālika mā kunta min'hu taḥīdu

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

1. وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd will come
2. سَكْرَةُsakratu(the) stupor
3. ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti(of) death
4. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqiin truth
5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
6. مَاmā(is) what
7. كُنتَkuntayou were
8. مِنْهُmin'hu[from it]
9. تَحِيدُtaḥīduavoiding

وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

Transliteration wanufikha fī l-ṣūri dhālika yawmu l-waʿīdi

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

1. وَنُفِخَwanufikhaAnd will be blown
2. فِىfī[in]
3. ٱلصُّورِ ۚl-ṣūrithe trumpet
4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
5. يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
6. ٱلْوَعِيدِl-waʿīdi(of) the Warning

وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

Transliteration wajāat kullu nafsin maʿahā sāiqun washahīdun

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

1. وَجَآءَتْwajāatAnd will come
2. كُلُّkulluevery
3. نَفْسٍۢnafsinsoul
4. مَّعَهَاmaʿahāwith it
5. سَآئِقٌۭsāiquna driver
6. وَشَهِيدٌۭwashahīdunand a witness

لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

Transliteration laqad kunta fī ghaflatin min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāaka fabaṣaruka l-yawma ḥadīdun

English [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."

1. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
2. كُنتَkuntayou were
3. فِىfīin
4. غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
5. مِّنْminof
6. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
7. فَكَشَفْنَاfakashafnāSo We have removed
8. عَنكَʿankafrom you
9. غِطَآءَكَghiṭāakayour cover
10. فَبَصَرُكَfabaṣarukaso your sight
11. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
12. حَدِيدٌۭḥadīdun(is) sharp

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

Transliteration waqāla qarīnuhu hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīdun

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

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd (will) say
2. قَرِينُهُۥqarīnuhuhis companion
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
4. مَاmā(is) what
5. لَدَىَّladayya(is) with me
6. عَتِيدٌʿatīdunready

أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Transliteration alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīdin

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

1. أَلْقِيَاalqiyāThrow
2. فِىfīin (to)
3. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
4. كُلَّkullaevery
5. كَفَّارٍkaffārindisbeliever
6. عَنِيدٍۢʿanīdinstubborn

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

Transliteration mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin murībin

English Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

1. مَّنَّاعٍۢmannāʿinForbidder
2. لِّلْخَيْرِlil'khayriof good
3. مُعْتَدٍۢmuʿ'tadintransgressor
4. مُّرِيبٍmurībindoubter

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

Transliteration alladhī jaʿala maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fa-alqiyāhu fī l-ʿadhābi l-shadīdi

English Who made [as equal] with Allāh another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."

1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīWho
2. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
3. مَعَmaʿawith
4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
5. إِلَـٰهًاilāhana god
6. ءَاخَرَākharaanother
7. فَأَلْقِيَاهُfa-alqiyāhuso throw him
8. فِىfīin(to)
9. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
10. ٱلشَّدِيدِl-shadīdithe severe

۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Transliteration qāla qarīnuhu rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhu walākin kāna fī ḍalālin baʿīdin

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

1. ۞ قَالَqālaWill say
2. قَرِينُهُۥqarīnuhuhis companion
3. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
4. مَآmānot
5. أَطْغَيْتُهُۥaṭghaytuhuI made him transgress
6. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
7. كَانَkānahe was
8. فِىfīin
9. ضَلَـٰلٍۭḍalālinerror
10. بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

Transliteration qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīdi

English [Allāh] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the threat [i.e., warning].

1. قَالَqālaHe will say
2. لَاlā(Do) not
3. تَخْتَصِمُوا۟takhtaṣimūdispute
4. لَدَىَّladayya(in) My presence
5. وَقَدْwaqadand indeed
6. قَدَّمْتُqaddamtuI sent forth
7. إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
8. بِٱلْوَعِيدِbil-waʿīdithe Warning

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Transliteration mā yubaddalu l-qawlu ladayya wamā anā biẓallāmin lil'ʿabīdi

English The word [i.e., decree] will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."

1. مَاmāNot
2. يُبَدَّلُyubaddaluwill be changed
3. ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
4. لَدَىَّladayyawith Me
5. وَمَآwamāand not
6. أَنَا۠anāI Am
7. بِظَلَّـٰمٍۢbiẓallāminunjust
8. لِّلْعَبِيدِlil'ʿabīdito My slaves

يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ

Transliteration yawma naqūlu lijahannama hali im'talati wataqūlu hal min mazīdin

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

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. نَقُولُnaqūluWe will say
3. لِجَهَنَّمَlijahannamato Hell
4. هَلِhaliAre
5. ٱمْتَلَأْتِim'talatiyou filled
6. وَتَقُولُwataqūluAnd it will say
7. هَلْhalAre
8. مِنmin(there) any
9. مَّزِيدٍۢmazīdinmore

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

Transliteration wa-uz'lifati l-janatu lil'muttaqīna ghayra baʿīdin

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

1. وَأُزْلِفَتِwa-uz'lifatiAnd will be brought near
2. ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatuthe Paradise
3. لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnato the righteous
4. غَيْرَghayranot
5. بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar

هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

Transliteration hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓin

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

1. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
2. مَاmā(is) what
3. تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou were promised
4. لِكُلِّlikullifor everyone
5. أَوَّابٍawwābinwho turns
6. حَفِيظٍۢḥafīẓin(and) who keeps

مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

Transliteration man khashiya l-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wajāa biqalbin munībin

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

1. مَّنْmanWho
2. خَشِىَkhashiyafeared
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
4. بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiin the unseen
5. وَجَآءَwajāaand came
6. بِقَلْبٍۢbiqalbinwith a heart
7. مُّنِيبٍmunībinreturning

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

Transliteration ud'khulūhā bisalāmin dhālika yawmu l-khulūdi

English Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."

1. ٱدْخُلُوهَاud'khulūhāEnter it
2. بِسَلَـٰمٍۢ ۖbisalāminin peace
3. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
4. يَوْمُyawmu(is) a Day
5. ٱلْخُلُودِl-khulūdi(of) Eternity

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

Transliteration lahum mā yashāūna fīhā waladaynā mazīdun

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

1. لَهُمlahumFor them
2. مَّاmāwhatever
3. يَشَآءُونَyashāūnathey wish
4. فِيهَاfīhātherein
5. وَلَدَيْنَاwaladaynāand with Us
6. مَزِيدٌۭmazīdun(is) more

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

Transliteration wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu min'hum baṭshan fanaqqabū fī l-bilādi hal min maḥīṣin

English 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?

1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
3. قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
4. مِّنminof
5. قَرْنٍqarnina generation
6. هُمْhumthey
7. أَشَدُّashaddu(were) stronger
8. مِنْهُمmin'humthan them
9. بَطْشًۭاbaṭshan(in) power
10. فَنَقَّبُوا۟fanaqqabūso they explored
11. فِىfīthroughout
12. ٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādithe lands
13. هَلْhalIs (there)
14. مِنminany
15. مَّحِيصٍmaḥīṣinplace of escape

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

Transliteration inna fī dhālika ladhik'rā liman kāna lahu qalbun aw alqā l-samʿa wahuwa shahīdun

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

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. فِىfīin
3. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
4. لَذِكْرَىٰladhik'rāsurely, is a reminder
5. لِمَنlimanfor (one) who
6. كَانَkānais
7. لَهُۥlahufor him
8. قَلْبٌqalbuna heart
9. أَوْawor
10. أَلْقَىalqā(who) gives ear
11. ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa(who) gives ear
12. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
13. شَهِيدٌۭshahīdun(is) a witness

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ

Transliteration walaqad khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin wamā massanā min lughūbin

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

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. وَمَاwamāand whatever
6. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of them
7. فِىfīin
8. سِتَّةِsittatisix
9. أَيَّامٍۢayyāminperiods
10. وَمَاwamāand (did) not
11. مَسَّنَاmassanātouch Us
12. مِنminany
13. لُّغُوبٍۢlughūbinfatigue

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ

Transliteration fa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿi l-shamsi waqabla l-ghurūbi

English 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,

1. فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
2. عَلَىٰʿalāover
3. مَاmāwhat
4. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
5. وَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥand glorify
6. بِحَمْدِbiḥamdi(the) praise
7. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
8. قَبْلَqablabefore
9. طُلُوعِṭulūʿi(the) rising
10. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
11. وَقَبْلَwaqablaand before
12. ٱلْغُرُوبِl-ghurūbithe setting

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَـٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ

Transliteration wamina al-layli fasabbiḥ'hu wa-adbāra l-sujūdi

English And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration [i.e., prayer].

1. وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
2. ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
3. فَسَبِّحْهُfasabbiḥ'huglorify Him
4. وَأَدْبَـٰرَwa-adbāraand after
5. ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdithe prostration

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

Transliteration wa-is'tamiʿ yawma yunādi l-munādi min makānin qarībin

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

1. وَٱسْتَمِعْwa-is'tamiʿAnd listen
2. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
3. يُنَادِyunādiwill call
4. ٱلْمُنَادِl-munādithe caller
5. مِنminfrom
6. مَّكَانٍۢmakānina place
7. قَرِيبٍۢqarībinnear

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

Transliteration yawma yasmaʿūna l-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqi dhālika yawmu l-khurūji

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

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey will hear
3. ٱلصَّيْحَةَl-ṣayḥatathe Blast
4. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truth
5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
6. يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
7. ٱلْخُرُوجِl-khurūji(of) coming forth

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Transliteration innā naḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wa-ilaynā l-maṣīru

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

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. نَحْنُnaḥnu[We]
3. نُحْىِۦnuḥ'yī[We] give life
4. وَنُمِيتُwanumītuand [We] cause death
5. وَإِلَيْنَاwa-ilaynāand to Us
6. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

Transliteration yawma tashaqqaqu l-arḍu ʿanhum sirāʿan dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā yasīrun

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

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. تَشَقَّقُtashaqqaquwill split
3. ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
4. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
5. سِرَاعًۭا ۚsirāʿanhurrying
6. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
7. حَشْرٌḥashrun(is) a gathering
8. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāfor Us
9. يَسِيرٌۭyasīruneasy

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

Transliteration naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna wamā anta ʿalayhim bijabbārin fadhakkir bil-qur'āni man yakhāfu waʿīdi

English We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant. But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.

1. نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
2. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
3. بِمَاbimā[of] what
4. يَقُولُونَ ۖyaqūlūnathey say
5. وَمَآwamāand not
6. أَنتَanta(are) you
7. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
8. بِجَبَّارٍۢ ۖbijabbārinthe one to compel
9. فَذَكِّرْfadhakkirBut remind
10. بِٱلْقُرْءَانِbil-qur'āniwith the Quran
11. مَنmanwhoever
12. يَخَافُyakhāfufears
13. وَعِيدِwaʿīdiMy threat