Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
Chapter 54, 55 verses
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
وكذبوا واتبعوا أهواءهم ۚ وكل أمر مستقر
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence -
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
حكمة بالغة ۖ فما تغن النذر
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin
فتول عنهم ۘ يوم يدع الداع إلى شيء نكر
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر
They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
مهطعين إلى الداع ۖ يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! - "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
۞ كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء على أمر قد قدر
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm - fibre:
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
'Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm - trees torn up (from the ground).
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
كذبت ثمود بالنذر
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
Thamud denied the warning
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
فقالوا أبشرا منا واحدا نتبعه إنا إذا لفي ضلال وسعر
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!
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
أألقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب أشر
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
إنا مرسلو الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر
For We will send the she - camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
Indeed, We are sending the she - camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
ونبئهم أن الماء قسمة بينهم ۖ كل شرب محتضر
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
إنا أرسلنا عليهم صيحة واحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
The people of Lot denied the warning.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
إنا أرسلنا عليهم حاصبا إلا آل لوط ۖ نجيناهم بسحر
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
نعمة من عندنا ۚ كذلك نجزي من شكر
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
ولقد أنذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
ولقد راودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا أعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
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."
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
So taste My punishment and warning.
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
ولقد جاء آل فرعون النذر
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
كذبوا بآياتنا كلها فأخذناهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر
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.
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
أكفاركم خير من أولئكم أم لكم براءة في الزبر
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
أم يقولون نحن جميع منتصر
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
إن المجرمين في ضلال وسعر
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
إنا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر
And Our Command is but a single (Act), - like the twinkling of an eye.
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
ولقد أهلكنا أشياعكم فهل من مدكر
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
And everything they did is in written records.
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
وكل صغير وكبير مستطر
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
إن المتقين في جنات ونهر
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.