Al-Qamar

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

Iqtarabati assaAAatu wanshaqqaalqamar

The Hour draws near; the moon is split in two.

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoowayaqooloo sihrun mustamirr

Whenever the disbelievers see a sign, they turn away and say, ‘Same old sorcery!’

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Wakaththaboo wattabaAAoo ahwaahumwakullu amrin mustaqirr

They reject the truth and follow their own desires––everything is recorded––

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i mafeehi muzdajar

although warning tales that should have restrained them have come down to them––

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Hikmatun balighatun famatughnee annuthur

farreaching wisdom––but these warnings do not help:

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu addaAAiila shay-in nukur

so [Prophet] turn away from them. On the Day the Summoner will summon them to a horrific event,

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoonamina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashir

eyes downcast, they will come out of their graves like swarming locusts

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

MuhtiAAeena ila addaAAiyaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasir

rushing towards the Summoner. The disbelievers will cry, ‘This is a stern day!’

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinfakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun wazdujir

The people of Noah rejected the truth before them: they rejected Our servant, saying, ‘He is mad!’ Noah was rebuked,

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun fantasir

and so he called upon his Lord, ‘I am defeated: help me!’

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Fafatahna abwaba assama-ibima-in munhamir

So We opened the gates of the sky with torrential water,

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonanfaltaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudir

burst the earth with gushing springs: the waters met for a preordained purpose.

وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

Wahamalnahu AAala thatialwahin wadusur

We carried him along on a vessel of planks and nails

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaanliman kana kufir

that floated under Our watchful eye, a reward for the one who had been rejected.

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Walaqad taraknaha ayatanfahal min muddakir

We have left this as a sign: will anyone take heed?

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kanaAAathabee wanuthur

The people of 'Ad also rejected the truth. How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehansarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirr

We released a howling wind against them on a day of terrible disaster;

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir

it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks.

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Kaththabat thamoodu binnuthur

The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings:

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidannattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalinwasuAAur

they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane!

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

Aolqiya aththikru AAalayhimin baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashir

Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabual-ashir

‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar,

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatunbaynahum kullu shirbin muhtadar

Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAatafaAAaqar

But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel.

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatanwahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathir

We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Kaththabat qawmu lootin binnuthur

The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasibanilla ala lootin najjaynahum bisahar

We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before dawn

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalikanajzee man shakar

as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful.

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Walaqad antharahum batshatanafatamaraw binnuthur

He warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warning-

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihifatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabeewanuthur

they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’-

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr

and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains-

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthur

‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna annuthur

The people of Pharaoh also received warnings.

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Kaththaboo bi-ayatinakulliha faakhathnahum akhthaAAazeezin muqtadir

They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power.

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Akuffarukum khayrun min ola-ikumam lakum baraatun fee azzubur

‘Are your disbelievers any better than these? Were you given an exemption in the Scripture?’

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasir

Do they perhaps say, ‘We are a great army and we shall be victorious’?

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona addubur

Their forces will be routed and they will turn tail and flee.

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar

But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter:

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalinwasuAAur

truly the wicked are misguided and quite insane––

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

Yawma yushaboona fee annariAAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqar

on the Day when they are dragged on their faces in Hell. ‘Feel the touch of Hell.’

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahubiqadar

We have created all things in due measure;

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar

when We ordain something it happens at once, in the blink of an eye;

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakumfahal min muddakir

We have destroyed the likes of you in the past. Will anyone take heed?

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Wakullu shay-in faAAaloohu fee azzubur

Everything they do is noted in their records:

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatar

every action, great or small, is recorded.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatinwanahar

The righteous will live securely among Gardens and rivers,

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekinmuqtadir

secure in the presence of an all-powerful Sovereign.