الـقمـر

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

1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

1 The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.

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

2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

2 But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."

3 And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

3 They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.

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

4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

4 There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

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

5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

5 Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

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

6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

6 Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,

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

7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

7 They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

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

8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

8 Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! - "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

9 The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

9 Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.

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

10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

10 Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"

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

11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

11 So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

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

12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

12 And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

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

13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

13 But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm - fibre:

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

14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

14 She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

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

15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

15 And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?

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

16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

16 But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

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

17 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

17 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

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

18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

18 The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

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

19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

19 For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

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

20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

20 Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm - trees torn up (from the ground).

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

21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

21 Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

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

22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

22 But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

23 Thamud denied the warning

23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23 The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

24 And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

24 For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!

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

25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

25 "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"

26 They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

26 Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

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

27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

27 For We will send the she - camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!

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

28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

28 And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

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

29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

29 But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).

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

30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

30 Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

31 Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

31 For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

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

32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

32 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

33 The people of Lot denied the warning.

33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

34 Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

34 We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -

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

35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

35 As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.

36 And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

36 And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.

37 And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

37 And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

38 And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

39 So taste My punishment and warning.

39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

39 "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

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

40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

40 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

41 And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

41 To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

42 They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

42 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

42 The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

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

43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

43 Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

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

44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

44 Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

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

45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

45 Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

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

46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

46 Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

47 Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

47 Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.

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

48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

48 The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"

49 Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

49 Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

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

50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

50 And Our Command is but a single (Act), - like the twinkling of an eye.

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

51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

51 And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?

52 And everything they did is in written records.

52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

52 All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):

53 And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

53 Every matter, small and great, is on record.

54 Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

54 As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,

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

55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

55 In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.