Al-Qamar : The Moon

. Al-Qamar : The Moo



In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
54:1

وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
54:2

وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
54:3

وَلَقَدْ جَاءهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاء مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
54:4

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
54:5

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَى شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
54:6

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
54:7

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

Hastening toward the Summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
54:8

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ

The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
54:9

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ

So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
54:10

فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاء بِمَاء مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
54:11

وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاء عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
54:12

وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
54:13

تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاء لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
54:14

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
54:15

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
54:16

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Quran easy to remember; but is there any that remembered?
54:17

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

(The tribe of) Aad rejected warnings. Then how dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
54:18

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
54:19

تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm trees.
54:20

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
54:21

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Quran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
54:22

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
54:23

فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

For they said: Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
54:24

أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
54:25

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ

(Unto their warner it was said): Tomorrow they will know who is the rash liar.
54:26

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ

Lo! We are sending the she camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
54:27

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاء قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
54:28

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَى فَعَقَرَ

But they called their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
54:29

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
54:30

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle fold.
54:31

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Quran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
54:32

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ

The folk of Lo! rejected warnings.
54:33

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ

Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
54:34

نِعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ

As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
54:35

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ

And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
54:36

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
54:37

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
54:38

فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
54:39

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Quran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
54:40

وَلَقَدْ جَاء آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
54:41

كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
54:42

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُوْلَئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ

Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the Scriptures?
54:43

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

Or say they: We are a host victorious?
54:44

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
54:45

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
54:46

إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
54:47

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ

On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
54:48

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
54:49

وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
54:50

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
54:51

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ

And every thing they did is in the Scriptures,
54:52

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُسْتَطَرٌ

And every small and great thing is recorded.
54:53

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
54:54

فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Firmly established in the favor of a Mighty King.
54:55