Al-Qamar

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ١

Iqtarabatis-sāʿatu wanshaqqal-qamar.

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].¹

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ ٢

Wa iy yaraw āyatay yuʿriḍū wa yaqūlū siḥrum mustamirr.

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."¹

وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ٣

Wa kadhdhabū wattabaʿū ahwāʾahum, wa kullu 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

Wa laqad jāʾahum minal-anbāʾi mā fīhi muzdajar.

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

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥

Ḥikmatum bālighah, famā tughnin-nudhur.

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

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ ٦

Fatawalla ʿanhum, yawma yadʿud-dāʿi ilā shayʾin nukur.

So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller¹ calls to something forbidding,

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ ٧

Khushshaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi kaʾannahum 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

Muhṭiʿīna ilad-dāʿ, yaqūlul-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasir.

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

۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ٩

Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhdhabū ʿabdanā wa qālū majnūnuw 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

Fadaʿā rabbahū annī maghlūbun fantaṣir.

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

فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ ١١

Fafataḥnā abwābas-samāʾi bimāʾim munhamir.

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

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ١٢

Wa fajjarnal-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqal-māʾu ʿalā 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

Wa ḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥiw wa dusur.

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

تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤

Tajrī biʾaʿyuninā jazāʾal liman kāna kufir.

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

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٥

Wa laqad 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 ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.¹

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٧

Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna 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

Kadhdhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

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

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ ١٩

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsim mustamirr.

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

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ ٢٠

Tanziʿun-nāsa kaʾannahum aʿjāzu nakhlim munqaʿir.

Extracting the people¹ as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٢١

Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٢٢

Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna 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

Kadhdhabat thamūdu bin-nudhur.

Thamūd denied the warning.

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤

Faqālū abasharam minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhū innā idhal lafī ḍalāliw wa suʿur.

And said, "Is it one human being¹ 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

Aʾulqiyadh-dhikru ʿalayhi mim bayninā bal huwa kadhdhābun ashir.

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

سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ٢٦

Sayaʿlamūna ghadam manil-kadhdhābul-ashir.

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧

Innā mursilun-nāqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum waṣṭabir.

Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.¹

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ ٢٨

Wa nabbiʾhum annal-māʾa qismatum baynahum, kullu shirbim muḥtaḍar.

And inform them that the water is shared between them,¹ each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩

Fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar.

But they called their companion,¹ and he dared² and hamstrung [her].

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٠

Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmil-muḥtaẓir.

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

Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna 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

Kadhdhabat qawmu lūṭim bin-nudhur.

The people of Lot denied the warning.

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ ٣٤

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭ, najjaynāhum bisaḥar.

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

Niʿmatam min ʿindinā, kadhālika najzī man shakar.

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

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٦

Wa laqad andharahum baṭshatanā 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

Wa laqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihī faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

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

Wa laqad ṣabbaḥahum bukratan ʿadhābum mustaqirr.

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٩

Fadhūqū ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

So taste My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٤٠

Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna 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

Wa laqad jāʾa āla firʿawnan-nudhur.

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ٤٢

Kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā kullihā fa akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzim 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 ulāʾikum am lakum barāʾatun 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 naḥnu jamīʿum muntaṣir.

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

سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ٤٥

Sayuhzamul-jamʿu wa yuwallūnad-dubur.

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].¹

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ٤٦

Balis-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum was-sāʿatu 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 ḍalāliw wa suʿur.

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.¹.

يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ٤٨

Yawma yusḥabūna fin-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar.

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."¹

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ ٤٩

Innā kulla shayʾin khalaqnāhu biqadar.

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ٥٠

Wa mā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥim bil-baṣar.

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

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٥١

Wa laqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal mim muddakir.

And We have already destroyed your kinds,¹ so is there any who will remember?

وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٥٢

Wa kullu shayʾin faʿalūhu fiz-zubur.

And everything they did is in written records.

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ٥٣

Wa kullu ṣaghīriw wa kabīrim mustaṭar.

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ ٥٤

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa nahar.

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ٥٥

Fī maqʿadi ṣidqin ʿinda malīkim muqtadir.

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.¹