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Surah Qaf

The Letter "Qaf"

Chapter 50 of 114

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Surah Qaf

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

The Surah has been so named after the word al balad in the first verse.

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Surah 50 of 114

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Salaah Bukhaatir

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Tafsir

<h2>Name</h2>
<p>The Surah has been so named after the word <em>al balad</em> in the <a href=/90/1>first verse</a>.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>Its subject matter and style resemble those of the earliest Surahs revealed at Makkah, but it contains a pointer which indicates that it was sent down in the period when the disbelievers of Makkah had resolved to oppose the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace), and made it lawful for themselves to commit tyranny and excess against him.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>In this Surah a vast subject has been compressed into a few brief sentences, and it is a miracle of the Quran that a complete ideology of life which could hardly be explained in a thick volume has been abridged most effectively in brief sentences of this short Surah. Its theme is to explain the true position of man in the world and of the world in relation to man and to tell that God has shown to man both the highways of good and evil, has also provided for him the means to judge and see and follow them, and now it rests upon mans own effort and judgment whether he chooses the path of virtue and reaches felicity or adopts the path of vice and meets with doom.</p>
<p>First, the city of Makkah and the hardships being faced therein by the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) and the state of the children of Adam have been cited as a witness to the truth that this world is not a place of rest and ease for man, where he might have been born to enjoy life, but here he has been created into toil and struggle. If this theme is read with <a href=/53/39>verse 39 of Surah An-Najm</a> (<em>Laisa lil insani illa ma saa</em> : there is nothing for man but what he has striven for), it becomes plain that in this world the future of man depends on his toil and struggle, effort and striving.</p>
<p>After this, man's misunderstanding that he is all in all in this world and that there is no superior power to watch what he does and to call him to account, has been refuted.</p>
<p>Then, taking one of the many moral concepts of ignorance held by man, as an example, it has been pointed out what wrong criteria of merit and greatness he has proposed for himself in the world. The person who for ostentation and display squanders heaps of wealth, not only himself prides upon his extravagances but the people also admire him for it enthusiastically, whereas the Being Who is watching over his deeds, sees by what methods he obtained the wealth and in what ways and with what motives and intention he spent it.</p>
<p>Then Allah says: We have given man the means of knowledge and the faculties of thinking and understanding and opened up before him both the highways of virtue and vice: one way leads down to moral depravity, and it is an easy way pleasing for the self; the other way leads up to moral heights, which is steep like an uphill road, for scaling which man has to exercise self- restraint. It is man's weakness that he prefers slipping down into the abyss to scaling the cliff.</p>
<p>Then, Allah has explained what the steep road is by following which man can ascend to the heights. It is that he should give up spending for ostentation, display and pride and should spend his wealth to help the orphans and the needy, should believe in Allah and His Religion and joining the company of believers should participate in the construction of a society which should fulfill the demands of virtue and righteousness patiently and should be compassionate to the people. The end of those who follow this way is that they would become worthy of Allah's mercies. On the contrary, the end of those who follow the wrong way, is the fire of Hell from which there is no escape.</p>

Verse by verse

Surah Qaf · The Letter "Qaf"

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ق ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ

    Q. S Leqwôan, mucaâ!

  2. Ayah 2

    بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَن جَاءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    Xaîi! Wehmen mi ten id iusa uneddaô, segsen. Nnan ijehliyen: "ayagi d lwehma!

  3. Ayah 3

    أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ

    Ma nemmut, nu$al d akal, ayagi d tu$alin si mbâid"!

  4. Ayah 4

    قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ

    Ni$ Neéôa acêal, segsen, i issenqes wakal. £uône£ Tazmamt iêerrzen.

  5. Ayah 5

    بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِي أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

    Xaîi! Nekôen tidep, mi ten id tusa, d$a terwi lêala nnsen.

  6. Ayah 6

    أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    Day ur muqlen ara igenni, sennig sen, amek i t Nebna? Ncebbeê it, ur isâi i$isan.

  7. Ayah 7

    وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

    Tamurt, Nvelq ip, Nerra degs idurar, Nessem$i d degs tayuga n yal ûûenf amxallef,

  8. Ayah 8

    تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    i tmu$li akked usmekti n yal amdan isteôoiâen.

  9. Ayah 9

    وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُّبَارَكًا فَأَنبَتْنَا بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ وَحَبَّ الْحَصِيدِ

    Nesse$li d seg igenni aman iôqan. Nessem$i d yissen leonanat akked uâqqa n tmegra,

  10. Ayah 10

    وَالنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَاتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ

    akked tezdayin ti$wezfanin, s ijeooigen mbabben,

  11. Ayah 11

    رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ الْخُرُوجُ

    d ôôeéq i imdanen. Nessider d yissen tamurt immuten. Akka tanekra.

  12. Ayah 12

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

    Inkeô, uqbel nnsen, ugdud n Nuê, At Rrass, Tamud,

  13. Ayah 13

    وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَانُ لُوطٍ

    Âad, Ferâun, atmaten n Luî,

  14. Ayah 14

    وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

    At Laika, akked ugdud n Tubbaâ. Nekôen akw imazanen. Iûaô ussigwed iW.

  15. Ayah 15

    أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    Day £ issefcel uxlaq amezwaru? Wanag nitni di ccekk $ef uxlaq amaynut.

  16. Ayah 16

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ

    Ni$ Nxelq ed amdan. Neéôa s wacu i t t$ewwu, teôwiêt is. Neqôeb $uôes, sennig iéuôan n temgaôt is.

  17. Ayah 17

    إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

    Mara îîfen wid ippaîîafen; qqimen, wa $eô yeffus, wa $eô zelmev,

  18. Ayah 18

    مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

    ur d iqqaô awal, siwa ma illa $uôes, uâssas imêelles.

  19. Ayah 19

    وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

    Iusa d ddux n tmeppant, ibbwi d tidep: "atan wayen iseg la treggwlev".

  20. Ayah 20

    وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْوَعِيدِ

    Aûuvu di lbuq. D wagi ay d ass n ussigwed.

  21. Ayah 21

    وَجَاءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَائِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ

    Yal iman a d ias s unehhaô, akked unagi.

  22. Ayah 22

    لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ

    Ni$ telliv testehzav $ef waya. Nekkes ak taduli k. Iéôi k, assa, d uzzal.

  23. Ayah 23

    وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ

    Ad yini umsaâef is: "ata $uôi wayen id ippuheggan".

  24. Ayah 24

    أَلْقِيَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    Veggôet, ar Loahennama, yal ajehli amâaûi,

  25. Ayah 25

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

    i iugwin lxiô, amjuô, imcebbwel,

  26. Ayah 26

    الَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِي الْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيدِ

    i irran ar tama n Öebbi, ôebbi nniven. Ihi, veggôet ep s aâaqeb uqsiê!

  27. Ayah 27

    قَالَ قَرِينُهُ رَبَّنَا مَا أَطْغَيْتُهُ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِي ضَلَالٍ بَعِيدٍ

    A d yini umsaâef is: "a Mass nne$! Ur t rri$ d amjuô, d neppa i illan di ttelfan u$miq".

  28. Ayah 28

    قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِالْوَعِيدِ

    Inna: "ur ppemnamaret ara $uôI, imi wen d Zzewre$ aâggen.

  29. Ayah 29

    مَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَا أَنَا بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    Ur ipbeddil $uôI wawal. Nek, ur Ïîuôôu$ imdanen".

  30. Ayah 30

    يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ

    Ass ideg ara Nini i Loahennama: "ma teççuôev"? A d tini: "ma tella tmerna"?

  31. Ayah 31

    وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

    Tqeôb ed Loennet, ar wid ipêezziben, ur tebâad.

  32. Ayah 32

    هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ

    "D tagi i wen ippuwaââden; i yal atubi iêerzen,

  33. Ayah 33

    مَّنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَجَاءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    ippagwaden Aênin di tbavnit, iteddun s wul ucâif.

  34. Ayah 34

    ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُلُودِ

    Ekcemt ep, di tifrat, d wagi ay d ass uwekkeô"!

  35. Ayah 35

    لَهُم مَّا يَشَاءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

    Nnsen, dinna, ayen i sen ihwan; s$uône£, timerna.

  36. Ayah 36

    وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

    Acêal isuta ay Nesqucc uqbel nnsen! Llan $elben ten di loehd. Qelben, di tmurt, anda t ssôan?

  37. Ayah 37

    إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

    Deg waya, s tidep, asmekti i win isâan ul, ne$ ifkan tameééu$t, u d anagi.

  38. Ayah 38

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ

    Ni$ Nxelq ed tamurt, igenwan, akked wayen illan garasen, di sdis wussan, ur Naâyi.

  39. Ayah 39

    فَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ

    Eûbeô i wayen d qqaôen, sbuccaâ s ccekôan Mass ik, uqbel ad inqeô yiîij, uqbel ad i$li.

  40. Ayah 40

    وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَارَ السُّجُودِ

    Deg iv sbuccaâ iT, akked deffir lekni.

  41. Ayah 41

    وَاسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

    Ssemêes, ass ideg ara d iberreê uberraê, si tama iqeôben.

  42. Ayah 42

    يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوجِ

    Ass ideg ara slen i usu$u, s tidep, ass nni, d ass n tuff$a.

  43. Ayah 43

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا الْمَصِيرُ

    Ih, Nekwni Nessidir u Nneqq. £uône£ tu$alin.

  44. Ayah 44

    يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

    Ass ideg ara tceqqeq tmurt $uôsen s tazla. Afesser agi d ayen isehlen fellane£.

  45. Ayah 45

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

    Nekwni Nif akw akken Neéôa acu id qqaôen. Ur telliv fellasen d aqehhaô. Mmekti d, s Leqwôan, wid ippagwaden aâggen iW.

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