Sura Qaf

Sura Qaf (audio - translation)

Sūra Qāf (Arabic: سورة ق) is the fiftieth sura, and a Makki sura of the Qur'an, located in the twenty sixth juz' thereof. It is called "qaf" because it opens with the disjoined letter, "qaf." Themes of the sura include resurrection, the astonishment of disbelievers at the revival of the dead, prophethood, monotheism, and the divine power.

One well-known verse of Sura Qaf is its sixteenth verse, according to which God is closer to human beings than their jugular vein. As to the virtues of the recitation of this sura, it is said that God will ease hardships and agonies of death reciters of this sura.