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Surah 50 of 114

Surah Qaf سُورَةُ قٓ

Surah Qaf (سُورَةُ قٓ), "The letter Qaaf", is chapter 50 of the Quran's 114. It has 45 ayahs, is classified as Makki (revealed in Makkah), and appears in Juz 26 of the standard thirty-part division. Read it below with the Arabic text, the Sahih International English translation, word-by-word meanings and ayah-by-ayah recitation from your chosen reciter.

  • MeaningThe letter Qaaf
  • Ayahs45
  • RevelationMakki
  • PositionJuz 26
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  1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ

    50:1Qaf. By the honored Qur'an...

  2. بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    50:2But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.

  3. أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌۭ

    50:3When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return."

  4. قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ

    50:4We know what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a retaining record.

  5. بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍۢ مَّرِيجٍ

    50:5But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.

  6. أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍۢ

    50:6Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

  7. وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍۢ

    50:7And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,

  8. تَبْصِرَةًۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍۢ مُّنِيبٍۢ

    50:8Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].

  9. وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ مُّبَٰرَكًۭا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

    50:9And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

  10. وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَٰتٍۢ لَّهَا طَلْعٌۭ نَّضِيدٌۭ

    50:10And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

  11. رِّزْقًۭا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ

    50:11As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the resurrection.

  12. كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

    50:12The people of Noah denied before them, and the companions of the well and Thamud

  13. وَعَادٌۭ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍۢ

    50:13And 'Aad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot

  14. وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ ۚ كُلٌّۭ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

    50:14And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubba'. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.

  15. أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍۢ مِّنْ خَلْقٍۢ جَدِيدٍۢ

    50:15Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

  16. وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

    50:16And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein

  17. إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌۭ

    50:17When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left.

  18. مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌۭ

    50:18Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

  19. وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

    50:19And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.

  20. وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ

    50:20And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.

  21. وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌۭ وَشَهِيدٌۭ

    50:21And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.

  22. لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌۭ

    50:22[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."

  23. وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ

    50:23And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."

  24. أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ

    50:24[Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,

  25. مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍۢ مُّرِيبٍ

    50:25Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

  26. ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

    50:26Who made [as equal] with Allah another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."

  27. ۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ

    50:27His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."

  28. قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

    50:28[Allah] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning.

  29. مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٍۢ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    50:29The word will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."

  30. يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍۢ

    50:30On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"

  31. وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

    50:31And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far,

  32. هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍۢ

    50:32[It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allah] and keeper [of His covenant]

  33. مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍۢ مُّنِيبٍ

    50:33Who feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].

  34. ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍۢ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

    50:34Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."

  35. لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌۭ

    50:35They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.

  36. وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًۭا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

    50:36And 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?

  37. إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌۭ

    50:37Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind].

  38. وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍۢ

    50:38And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.

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

    50:39So 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,

  40. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ

    50:40And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration.

  41. وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ

    50:41And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -

  42. يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

    50:42The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

  43. إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    50:43Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

  44. يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌۭ

    50:44On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.

  45. نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍۢ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

    50:45We 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.

Arabic: Uthmani script via Islamic Network. Translation: Sahih International via Islamic Network. Audio: Islamic Network CDN. Word-by-word glosses and word pronunciation: Quran.com (Quran Foundation). Quranic text is displayed exactly as provided and never altered; see sources.

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