Surah Al-Qamar

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ﴿١﴾

Iqtarabati alssaʿatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

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

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ ﴿٢﴾

Wain yaraw ayatan yuʿridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic

وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ﴿٣﴾

Wakaththaboo waittabaʿoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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 jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿٥﴾

Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ ﴿٦﴾

Fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu alddaʿi ila shayin nukurin

So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ ﴿٧﴾

Khushshaʿan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

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

مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ ﴿٨﴾

Muhtiʿeena ila alddaʿi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun ʿasirun

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

۞كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ﴿٩﴾

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo ʿabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

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﴾

Fadaʿa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

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

فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ ﴿١١﴾

Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

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

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ﴿١٢﴾

Wafajjarna alarda ʿuyoonan failtaqa almao ʿala amrin qad qudira

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

وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ ﴿١٣﴾

Wahamalnahu ʿala thati alwahin wadusurin

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

تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ﴿١٤﴾

Tajree biaʿyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

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

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ﴿١٥﴾

Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

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

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿١٦﴾

Fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ﴿١٧﴾

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿١٨﴾

Kaththabat ʿadun fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri

Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ ﴿١٩﴾

Inna arsalna ʿalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

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

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ ﴿٢٠﴾

Tanziʿu alnnasa kaannahum aʿjazu nakhlin munqaʿirin

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٢١﴾

Fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ﴿٢٢﴾

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

Thamud denied the warning

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiʿuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuʿurin

And said, "Is it one human being 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﴾

Aolqiya alththikru ʿalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

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

سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ﴿٢٦﴾

Sayaʿlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ﴿٢٧﴾

Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

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

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ ﴿٢٨﴾

Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

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

فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Fanadaw sahibahum fataʿata faʿaqara

But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her]

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٠﴾

Fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ﴿٣١﴾

Inna arsalna ʿalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

Indeed, We sent upon them one 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 yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٣﴾

Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

The people of Lot denied the warning

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ ﴿٣٤﴾

Inna arsalna ʿalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

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﴾

Niʿmatan min ʿindina kathalika najzee man shakara

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

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

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 rawadoohu ʿan dayfihi fatamasna aʿyunahum fathooqoo ʿathabee wanuthuri

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 ʿathabun mustaqirrun

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Fathooqoo ʿathabee wanuthuri

So taste My punishment and warning

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ﴿٤٠﴾

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿٤١﴾

Walaqad jaa ala firʿawna alnnuthuru

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning

كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ﴿٤٢﴾

Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha ʿazeezin muqtadirin

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 أُوْلَـٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ﴿٤٣﴾

Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

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

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ ﴿٤٤﴾

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeʿun muntasirun

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

سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Sayuhzamu aljamʿu wayuwalloona alddubura

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

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ﴿٤٦﴾

Bali alssaʿatu mawʿiduhum waalssaʿatu adha waamarru

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

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ ﴿٤٧﴾

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuʿurin

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness

يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari ʿala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

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

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ ﴿٤٩﴾

Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

Indeed, all things We created with predestination

وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ﴿٥٠﴾

Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ﴿٥١﴾

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaʿakum fahal min muddakirin

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

وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ﴿٥٢﴾

Wakullu shayin faʿaloohu fee alzzuburi

And everything they did is in written records

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ﴿٥٣﴾

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ ﴿٥٤﴾

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers

فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ﴿٥٥﴾

Fee maqʿadi sidqin ʿinda maleekin muqtadirin

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