Surah Al-Qamar

اِقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ۝١

1The Hour has drawn near and the moon is split.

وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا اٰيَةً يُّعْرِضُوْا وَيَقُوْلُوْا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ۝٢

2If they see a sign, they turn away, and say, ‘An incessant magic!’

وَكَذَّبُوْا وَاتَّبَعُوْٓا اَهْوَا࢜ءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ اَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ۝٣

3They denied and followed their own desires, and every matter has a setting [appropriate to it].

وَلَقَدْ جَا࢜ءَهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَنۢ͏ْبَا࢜ءِ مَا فِيْهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ۝٤ۙ

4There have already come to them reports containing admonishment,

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ۝٥ۙ

5[and representing] far-reaching wisdom; but warnings are of no avail!

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰي شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦ۙ

6So turn away from them! The day when the Caller calls to a dire thing,

خُشَّعًا اَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌ ۝٧ۙ

7they will emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts with a humbled look [in their eyes],

مُّهْطِعِيْنَ اِلَي الدَّاعِؕ يَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ۝٨

8scrambling toward the summoner. The faithless will say, ‘This is a hard day!’

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ فَكَذَّبُوْا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوْا مَجْنُوْنٌ وَّازْدُجِرَ ۝٩

9The people of Noah impugned before them. So they impugned Our servant and said, ‘A crazy man,’ and he was reviled.

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗٓ اَنِّيْ مَغْلُوْبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ ۝١٠

10Thereat he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘I have been overcome, so help [me].’

فَفَتَحْنَا͏ٓ اَبْوَابَ السَّمَا࢜ءِ بِمَا࢜ءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ۝١١ؗۖ

11Then We opened the gates of the sky with pouring waters,

وَّفَجَّرْنَا الْاَرْضَ عُيُوْنًا فَالْتَقَي الْمَا࢜ءُ عَلٰٓي اَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ۝١٢ۚ

12and We made the earth burst forth with springs, and the waters met for a preordained purpose.

وَحَمَلْنٰهُ عَلٰي ذَاتِ اَلْوَاحٍ وَّدُسُرٍ ۝١٣ۙ

13We bore him on a vessel made of planks and nails,

تَجْرِيْ بِاَعْيُنِنَاۚ جَزَا࢜ءً لِّمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

14which sailed [over the flood waters] in Our sight, as a retribution for him who was met with disbelief.

وَلَقَدْ تَّرَكْنٰهَا͏ٓ اٰيَةً فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۝١٥

15Certainly We have left it as a sign; so is there anyone who will be admonished?

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيْ وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

16So how were My punishment and warnings?

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۝١٧

17Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيْ وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

18[The people of] ‘Ad impugned [their apostle]. So how were My punishment and warnings?

اِنَّا͏ٓ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيْحًا صَرْصَرًا فِيْ يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ۝١٩ۙ

19Indeed We unleashed upon them an icy gale on an incessantly ill-fated day,

تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنْقَعِرٍ ۝٢٠

20knocking down people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيْ وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

21So how were My punishment and warnings?!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۝٢٢ࣖ

22Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِالنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

23[The people of] Thamud denied the warnings,

فَقَالُوْٓا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗٓۙ اِنَّا͏ٓ اِذًا لَّفِيْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ ۝٢٤

24and they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’

ءَاُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ اَشِرٌ ۝٢٥

25‘Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? No, he is a self-conceited liar.’

سَيَعْلَمُوْنَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْاَشِرُ ۝٢٦

26‘Tomorrow they will know who is a self-conceited liar.

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ ۝٢٧ؗ

27We are sending the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be steadfast.

وَنَبِّي͏ٔ͏ْهُمْ اَنَّ الْمَا࢜ءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْۚ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ۝٢٨

28Inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each of them showing up at his turn.’

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطٰي فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

29But they called their companion, and he took [a knife] and hamstrung [her].

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيْ وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

30So how were My punishment and My warnings?!

اِنَّا͏ٓ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَكَانُوْا كَهَشِيْمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ ۝٣١

31We sent against them a single Cry, and they became like the dry sticks of a corral builder.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۝٣٢

32Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطٍۢ بِالنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

33And the people of Lot denied the warnings.

اِنَّا͏ٓ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا اِلَّا͏ٓ اٰلَ لُوْطٍؕ نَجَّيْنٰهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ ۝٣٤ۙ

34We unleashed upon them a rain of stones, excepting the family of Lot, whom We delivered at dawn

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَاؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِيْ مَنْ شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

35as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.

وَلَقَدْ اَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

36He had already warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed the warnings.

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوْهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهٖ فَطَمَسْنَا͏ٓ اَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِيْ وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٧

37They even solicited of him his guests, whereat We blotted out their eyes, [saying,] ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ۝٣٨ۚ

38Early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment:

فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِيْ وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

39‘Taste My punishment and warnings!’

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۝٤٠ࣖ

40Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

وَلَقَدْ جَا࢜ءَ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ ۝٤١ۚ

41Certainly the warnings did come to Pharaoh’s clan

كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ اَخْذَ عَزِيْزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

42who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent.

اَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ اُولٰ࢜ىِٕكُمْ اَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَا࢜ءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣ۚ

43Are your faithless better than those? Have you [been granted] [some sort of] immunity in the scriptures?

اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ نَحْنُ جَمِيْعٌ مُّنْتَصِرٌ ۝٤٤

44Do they say, ‘We are a confederate league’?

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

45The league will be routed and turn its back [to flee].

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰي وَاَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

46Indeed, the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ ۝٤٧ۘ

47Indeed the guilty are steeped in error and madness.

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُوْنَ فِي النَّارِ عَلٰي وُجُوْهِهِمْؕ ذُوْقُوْا مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

48The day when they are dragged on their faces into the Fire, [it will be said to them,] ‘Taste the touch of hell!’

اِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ ۝٤٩

49Indeed We have created everything in a measure,

وَمَا͏ٓ اَمْرُنَا͏ٓ اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۢ بِالْبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

50and Our command is but a single [word], like the twinkling of an eye.

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا͏ٓ اَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۝٥١

51Certainly We have destroyed your likes. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوْهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

52Everything they have done is in the books,

وَكُلُّ صَغِيْرٍ وَّكَبِيْرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

53and everything big and small is committed to writing.

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَهَرٍ ۝٥٤ۙ

54Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and streams,

فِيْ مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيْكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ۝٥٥ࣖ

55in the abode of truthfulness with an omnipotent King.