Surah Al-Qamar القمر

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ١

Iqtarabatis-sā'atu wanshaqqal-qamar

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].¹⁵⁷⁷

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ ٢

Wa in yaraw āyatan yu'ridū wayaqūlū sihrum mustamirr

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."¹⁵⁷⁸

وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ٣

Wakaddhabū wattaba'ū ahwā'ahum wakullu amrim mustaqirr

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ٤

Walaqad jā'ahum minal-ambā'i mā fīhi muzdajar

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥

Hikmatu bālighatun famā tughnin-nudhur

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ ٦

Fatawalla 'anhum yawma yad'ud-dā'i ilā shay'in nukur

So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller¹⁵⁷⁹ calls to something forbidding,

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ ٧

Khussha'an absāruhum yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi ka annahum jarādum muntashir

Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ ٨

Mmuhti'īna ilad-dā'i yaqūlul-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun 'asir

Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ٩

Kaddhabat qablahum qawmu nūhin fakaddhabū 'abdanā waqālū majnūnun wazdujir

The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ١٠

Fada'ā rabbahū annī maghlūbun fantasir

So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ ١١

Fafatahnā abwābas-samā'i bimā'im munhamir

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ١٢

Wafajjarnal-arda 'uyūnan fal-taqal-mā'u 'alā amrin qad qudir

And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ ١٣

Wahamalnāhu 'alā dhāti alwāhin wadusur

And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤

Tajrī bi a'yuninā jazā'al liman kāna kufir

Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٥

Walaqat taraknāhā āyatan fahal mim muddakir

And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٦

Fakayfa kāna 'adhābī wanudhur

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.¹⁵⁸⁰

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٧

Walaqad yassarnal-qur'āna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٨

Kaddhabat 'ādun fakayfa kāna 'adhābī wanudhur

ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ ١٩

Innā arsalnā 'alayhim rīhan sarsaran fī yawmi nahsim mustamirr

Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ ٢٠

Tanzi'un-nāsa ka annahum a'jāzu nakhlim munqa'ir

Extracting the people¹⁵⁸¹ as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٢١

Fakayfa kāna 'adhābī wanudhur

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٢٢

Walaqad yassarnal-qur'āna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣

Kaddhabat thamūdu bin-nudhur

Thamūd denied the warning.

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤

Faqālū abasharam minnā wāhidan nattabi'uhū innā idhal lafī dalālin wasu'ur

And said, "Is it one human being¹⁵⁸² among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ ٢٥

A'ulqiyadh-dhikru 'alayhi mim bayninā bal huwa kaddhābun ashir

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ٢٦

Saya'lamūna ghadam manil-kaddhābul-ashir

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧

Innā mursilun-nāqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.¹⁵⁸³

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ ٢٨

Wanabbi'hum annal-mā'a qismatu baynahum kullu shirbim muhtadar

And inform them that the water is shared between them,¹⁵⁸⁴ each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩

Fanādaw sāhibahum fata'ātā fa'aqar

But they called their companion,¹⁵⁸⁵ and he dared¹⁵⁸⁶ and hamstrung [her].

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٠

Fakayfa kāna 'adhābī wanudhur

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١

Innā arsalnā 'alayhim sayhatan wāhidatan fakānū kahashīmil-muhtazir

Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٣٢

Walaqad yassarnal-qur'āna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٣

Kaddhabat qawmu lūti bin-nudhur

The people of Lot denied the warning.

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ ٣٤

Innā arsalnā 'alayhim hāsiban illā āla lūtin najjaynāhum bisahar

Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ ٣٥

Nni'matam min 'indinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٦

Walaqad andharahum batshatanā fatamāraw bin-nudhur

And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٧

Walaqad rāwadūhu 'an dayfihī fatamasnā a'yunahum fadhūqū 'adhābī wanudhur

And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ٣٨

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan 'adhābum mustaqirr

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٩

Fadhūqū 'adhābī wanudhur

So taste My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٤٠

Walaqad yassarnal-qur'āna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٤١

Walaqad jā'a āla fir'awnan-nudhur

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ٤٢

Kaddhabū bi'āyātinā kullihā fa akhadhnāhum akhdha 'azīzim muqtadir

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٤٣

Akuffārukum khayrum min ulā'ikum am lakum barā'atun fiz-zubur

Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ ٤٤

Am yaqūlūna nahnu jamī'um muntasir

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ٤٥

Sayuhzamul-jam'u wayuwallūnad-dubur

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].¹⁵⁸⁷

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ٤٦

Balis-sā'atu maw'iduhum was-sā'atu adhā wa amarr

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ ٤٧

Innal-mujrimīna fī dalālin wasu'ur

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.¹⁵⁸⁸.

يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ٤٨

Yawma yushabūna fin-nāri 'alā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."¹⁵⁸⁹

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ ٤٩

Innā kulla shay'in khalaqnāhu biqadar

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ٥٠

Wamā amrunā illā wāhidatun kalamhi bil-basar

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٥١

Walaqad ahlaknā ashyā'akum fahal mim muddakir

And We have already destroyed your kinds,¹⁵⁹⁰ so is there any who will remember?

وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٥٢

Wakullu shay'in fa'alūhu fiz-zubur

And everything they did is in written records.

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ٥٣

Wakullu saghīrin wakabīrim mustatar

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ ٥٤

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātin wanahar

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ٥٥

Fī maq'adi sidqin 'inda malīkim muqtadir

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.¹⁵⁹¹