Al Qamar

Shakir

1 The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

2 And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

3 And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

4 And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention - -

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

5 Consummate wisdom - - but warnings do not avail;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

7 Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

8 Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

9 Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Shakir

10 Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

11 So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

12 And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

13 And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

14 Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

16 How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

17 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

18 Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

19 Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill - luck

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

20 Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm - trees torn up.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

21 How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

22 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

23 Samood rejected the warning.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

24 So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

Yusuf Ali

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!

Shakir

25 Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

26 Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

27 Surely We are going to send the she - camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

28 And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.

Yusuf Ali

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).

Shakir

29 But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

30 How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

31 Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

32 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

33 The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.

Yusuf Ali

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

Shakir

34 Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

Yusuf Ali

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, -

Shakir

35 A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

36 And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

37 And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.

Yusuf Ali

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."

Shakir

38 And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.

Yusuf Ali

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

Shakir

39 So taste My chastisement and My warning.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

40 And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

41 And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

42 They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Shakir

43 Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

44 Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

45 Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

46 Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Shakir

47 Surely the guilty are in error and distress.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

48 On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

49 Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

50 And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

51 And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

52 And everything they have done is in the writings.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

53 And everything small and great is written down.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

54 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

55 In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.

Yusuf Ali

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