Surah Qaaf

وَجَآءَتْكُلُّنَفْسٍۢمَّعَهَاسَآئِقٌۭوَشَهِيدٌۭ

And every human being will come forward with [his erstwhile] inner urges and [his] conscious mind,

لَّقَدْكُنتَفِىغَفْلَةٍۢمِّنْهَٰذَافَكَشَفْنَاعَنكَغِطَآءَكَفَبَصَرُكَٱلْيَوْمَحَدِيدٌۭ

[and will be told:] “Indeed, unmindful hast thou been of this [Day of Judgment]; but now We have lifted from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight today!”

وَقَالَقَرِينُهُۥهَٰذَامَالَدَىَّعَتِيدٌ

And one part of him will say: “This it is that has been ever-present with me!”

أَلْقِيَافِىجَهَنَّمَكُلَّكَفَّارٍعَنِيدٍۢ

[Whereupon God will command:] “Cast, cast into hell every [such] stubborn enemy of the truth,

مَّنَّاعٍۢلِّلْخَيْرِمُعْتَدٍۢمُّرِيبٍ

[every] withholder of good [and] sinful aggressor [and] fomentor of distrust [between man and man – everyone]

ٱلَّذِىجَعَلَمَعَٱللَّهِإِلَٰهًاءَاخَرَفَأَلْقِيَاهُفِىٱلْعَذَابِٱلشَّدِيدِ

who has set up another deity beside God: cast him, then, cast him into suffering severe!”

قَالَقَرِينُهُۥرَبَّنَامَآأَطْغَيْتُهُۥوَلَٰكِنكَانَفِىضَلَٰلٍۭبَعِيدٍۢ

Man’s other self’ will say: “O our Sustainer! It was not I that led his conscious mind into evil [nay,] but it had gone far astray [of its own accord]!

قَالَلَاتَخْتَصِمُوا۟لَدَىَّوَقَدْقَدَّمْتُإِلَيْكُمبِٱلْوَعِيدِ

[And] He will say: “Contend not before Me, [O you sinners,] for I gave you a forewarning [of this Day of Reckoning].

مَايُبَدَّلُٱلْقَوْلُلَدَىَّوَمَآأَنَا۠بِظَلَّٰمٍۢلِّلْعَبِيدِ

The judgment passed by Me shall not be altered; but never do I do the least wrong unto My creatures!”

يَوْمَنَقُولُلِجَهَنَّمَهَلِٱمْتَلَأْتِوَتَقُولُهَلْمِنمَّزِيدٍۢ

On that Day We will ask hell, “Art thou filled?”- and it will answer, “[Nay,] is there yet more [for me]?”

وَأُزْلِفَتِٱلْجَنَّةُلِلْمُتَّقِينَغَيْرَبَعِيدٍ

And [on that Day] paradise will be brought within the sight of the God-conscious, and will no longer be far away; [and they will be told:]

هَٰذَامَاتُوعَدُونَلِكُلِّأَوَّابٍحَفِيظٍۢ

“This is what you were promised - [promised] unto every­one who was wont to turn unto God and to keep Him always in mind –

مَّنْخَشِىَٱلرَّحْمَٰنَبِٱلْغَيْبِوَجَآءَبِقَلْبٍۢمُّنِيبٍ

[everyone] who stood in awe of the Most Gracious although He is beyond the reach of human perception, and who has come [unto Him] with a heart full of contrition.

ٱدْخُلُوهَابِسَلَٰمٍۢذَٰلِكَيَوْمُٱلْخُلُودِ

Enter this [paradise] in peace; this is the Day on which life abiding begins!”

لَهُممَّايَشَآءُونَفِيهَاوَلَدَيْنَامَزِيدٌۭ

In that [paradise] they shall have whatever they may desire - but there is yet more with Us.

وَكَمْأَهْلَكْنَاقَبْلَهُممِّنقَرْنٍهُمْأَشَدُّمِنْهُمبَطْشًۭافَنَقَّبُوا۟فِىٱلْبِلَٰدِهَلْمِنمَّحِيصٍ

AND HOW MANY a generation have We destroyed before those [who now deny the truth] people of greater might than theirs; but [when Our chastise­ment befell them,] they became wanderers on the face of the earth, seeking no more than a place of refuge

إِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَذِكْرَىٰلِمَنكَانَلَهُۥقَلْبٌأَوْأَلْقَىٱلسَّمْعَوَهُوَشَهِيدٌۭ

In this, behold, there is indeed a reminder for everyone whose heart is wide-awake -that is, [every­one who] lends ear with a conscious mind -

وَلَقَدْخَلَقْنَاٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَمَابَيْنَهُمَافِىسِتَّةِأَيَّامٍۢوَمَامَسَّنَامِنلُّغُوبٍۢ

and [who knows that] We have indeed created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six aeons, and [that] no weariness could ever touch Us.

فَٱصْبِرْعَلَىٰمَايَقُولُونَوَسَبِّحْبِحَمْدِرَبِّكَقَبْلَطُلُوعِٱلشَّمْسِوَقَبْلَٱلْغُرُوبِ

HENCE, [O believer,] bear thou with patience what­ever they may say, and extol thy Sustainer’s limit­less glory and praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting;

وَمِنَٱلَّيْلِفَسَبِّحْهُوَأَدْبَٰرَٱلسُّجُودِ

and in the night, too, extol His glory, and at every prayer’s end.