Islamic prayer
Surah Qaf
Surah Qaf from the Qur'an, in Arabic, in English letters and with its meaning.
- 45 verses
- About 4 minutes to recite
- From the Qur'an
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
- 1
قٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْمَجِيدِ
Qaf wa‑al‑Qur'ani al‑majid
Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,
- 2
بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Bal 'ajibu an ja'ahum mundhirun minhum faqala al‑kafiruna hadha shay'un 'ajib
Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:
- 3
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
A'idha mitna wa kunna turaban dhalika raj'un ba'id
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return!
- 4
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظٌۢ
Qad 'alimna ma tanqusu al‑ardu minhum wa 'indana kitabun hafiz
We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
- 5
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ
Bal kadhdhabu bi‑al‑haqqi lamma ja'ahum fahum fi amrin marij
Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
- 6
أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ
Afalam yanzuru ila as‑sama'i fawqahum kayfa banaynaha wa zayyannaha wa ma laha min furuj
Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
- 7
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
Wa‑al‑arda madadnaha wa alqayna fiha rawasiya wa anbatna fiha min kulli zawjin bahij
And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
- 8
تَبْصِرَةً وَذِكْرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
Tabsiratan wa dhikra likulli 'abdin munib
A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.
- 9
وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ
Wa nazzalna mina as‑sama'i ma'an mubarakan fa'anbatna bihi jannatin wa habba al‑hasid
And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
- 10
وَٱلنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَٰتٍ لَّهَا طَلْعٌ نَّضِيدٌ
Wa‑an‑nakhla basiqatin laha tal'un nadid
And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,
- 11
رِّزْقًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ۖ وَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخُرُوجُ
Rizqan lil-'ibadi wa ahyayna bihi baldatan maytan kadhalika al‑khuruj
Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.
- 12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ
Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu Nuhin wa ashabu ar‑rassi wa thamud
The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,
- 13
وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَٰنُ لُوطٍ
Wa 'adun wa fir'awnu wa ikhwanu Lut
And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,
- 14
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۚ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ
Wa ashabu al‑aykati wa qawmu tubba'in kullun kadhdhaba ar‑rusula fahaqqa wa'id
And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.
- 15
أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
Afa'ayina bi‑al‑khalqi al‑awwali bal hum fi labsin min khalqin jadid
Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
- 16
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
Wa laqad khalaqna al‑insana wa na'lamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wa nahnu aqrabu ilayhi min habli al‑warid
We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
- 17
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
Idh yatalaqqa al‑mutalaqqiyani 'ani al‑yamini wa 'ani ash‑shimali qa'id
When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
- 18
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ
Ma yalfizu min qawlin illa ladayhi raqibun 'atid
He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.
- 19
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
Wa ja'at sakratu al‑mawti bi‑al‑haqqi dhalika ma kunta minhu tahid
And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.
- 20
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْوَعِيدِ
Wa nufikha fi as‑suri dhalika yawmu al‑wa'id
And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.
- 21
وَجَآءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ
Wa ja'at kullu nafsin ma'aha sa'iqun wa shahid
And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.
- 22
لَّقَدْ كُنتَ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفْنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ
Laqad kunta fi ghaflatin min hadha fakashafna 'anka ghita'aka fabasaruka al‑yawma hadid
(And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.
- 23
وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَىَّ عَتِيدٌ
Wa qala qarinuhu hadha ma ladayya 'atid
And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).
- 24
أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
Alqiya fi jahannama kulla kaffarin 'anid
(And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,
- 25
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ
Manna'in lil‑khayri mu'tadin murib
Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,
- 26
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ
Alladhi ja'ala ma'a Allah ilahan akhara fa'alqiyahu fi al-'adhabi ash‑shadid
Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.
- 27
۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
Qala qarinuhu Rabbana ma atghaytuhu walakin kana fi dalalin ba'id
His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.
- 28
قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ
Qala la takhtasimu ladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bil‑wa'id
He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.
- 29
مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
Ma yubaddalu al‑qawlu ladayya wama ana bizallamin lil-'abid
The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.
- 30
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ
Yawma naqulu lijahannama hali imtala'ti wataqulu hal min mazid
On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can there be more to come?
- 31
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
Wa'uzlifati al‑jannatu lil‑muttaqina ghayra ba'id
And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.
- 32
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ
Hadha ma tu'aduna likulli awwabin hafiz
(And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,
- 33
مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ
Man khashiya ar‑Rahmana bil‑ghaybi waja'a biqalbin munib
Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.
- 34
ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ
Udkhuluha bisalamin dhalika yawmu al‑khulud
Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.
- 35
لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
Lahum ma yasha'una fiha waladayna mazid
There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.
- 36
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqabu fi al‑biladi hal min mahis
And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?
- 37
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
Inna fi dhalika ladhikra liman kana lahu qalbun aw alqa as‑sam'a wahuwa shahid
Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.
- 38
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ
Walaqad khalaqna as‑samawati wal‑arda wama baynahuma fi sittati ayyamin wama massana min lughub
And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.
- 39
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
Fasbir 'ala ma yaquluna wasabbih bihamdi Rabbika qabla tulu'i ash‑shamsi waqabla al‑ghurub
Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;
- 40
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَأَدْبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ
Wamina al‑layli fasabbihhu wa'adbara as‑sujud
And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.
- 41
وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
Wastami' yawma yunadi al‑munadi min makanin qarib
And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,
- 42
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
Yawma yasma'una as‑sayhata bil‑haqqi dhalika yawmu al‑khuruj
The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).
- 43
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Inna nahnu nuhyi wanumitu wa'ilayna al‑masir
Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.
- 44
يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ
Yawma tashaqqaqu al‑ardu 'anhum sira'an dhalika hashrun 'alayna yasir
On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).
- 45
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ ۖ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
Nahnu a'lamu bima yaquluna wama anta 'alayhim bijabbarin fadhakkir bil‑Qur'ani man yakhafu wa'id
We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My threat.
Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here
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Many Sunni Muslims recite Surah Qaf during prayer or personal Qur'an reading to reflect on resurrection and accountability before Allah. In the tradition, the Prophet Muhammad is reported to have recited it during Friday sermons and Eid prayers.
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Surah Qaf comes from the Qur'an and is generally classified as a Meccan surah. It takes its name from the Arabic letter Qaf at its opening. Its themes include creation, death, resurrection and the final judgment.

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Spørsmål om Surah Qaf
How many verses are in Surah Qaf?
Surah Qaf has 45 verses.
How long does it take to recite?
It takes about 4 minutes to recite, though the pace varies with the reciter.
What does the name Qaf mean?
Qaf is the name of the Arabic letter that opens the surah. In the tradition, the full meaning of such opening letters is understood to be known to Allah.
What is Surah Qaf about?
It calls readers to reflect on Allah's signs in creation and the reality of resurrection. It also describes the recording of human deeds and accountability before Allah.
Can English letters help me recite Surah Qaf?
English letters can help you follow the Arabic sounds, but they cannot represent every sound precisely. Listening to a skilled reciter or learning with a teacher can help with pronunciation.


















