Kitab

Al Qamar

Chapter 54, 55 verses

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Transliteration

Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر

Word by word

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

Transliteration

Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر

Word by word

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

Transliteration

Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وكذبوا واتبعوا أهواءهم ۚ وكل أمر مستقر

Word by word

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Transliteration

Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

Pickthall

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

Arabic

ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

Transliteration

Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

Pickthall

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

Arabic

حكمة بالغة ۖ فما تغن النذر

Word by word

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Transliteration

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

Pickthall

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

Arabic

فتول عنهم ۘ يوم يدع الداع إلى شيء نكر

Word by word

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

Transliteration

KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

Pickthall

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

Arabic

خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر

Word by word

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

Transliteration

MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

Pickthall

Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.

Arabic

مهطعين إلى الداع ۖ يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر

Word by word

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

Transliteration

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

Pickthall

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

Arabic

۞ كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر

Word by word

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

Transliteration

FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

Pickthall

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

Arabic

فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر

Word by word

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

Transliteration

Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

Pickthall

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

Arabic

ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر

Word by word

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Transliteration

Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء على أمر قد قدر

Word by word

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

Transliteration

Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر

Word by word

وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

Transliteration

Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

Pickthall

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

Arabic

تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر

Word by word

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

Transliteration

Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

Pickthall

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

Arabic

ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر

Word by word

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Pickthall

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

Arabic

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

Word by word

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Pickthall

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

Arabic

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Pickthall

(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.

Arabic

كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

Word by word

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر

Word by word

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

Transliteration

TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

Pickthall

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.

Arabic

تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر

Word by word

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Transliteration

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Pickthall

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

Arabic

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

Word by word

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Pickthall

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

Arabic

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration

Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

Pickthall

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

Arabic

كذبت ثمود بالنذر

Word by word

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Transliteration

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

Pickthall

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.

Arabic

فقالوا أبشرا منا واحدا نتبعه إنا إذا لفي ضلال وسعر

Word by word

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Transliteration

Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

Pickthall

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

Arabic

أألقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب أشر

Word by word

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

Transliteration

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

Pickthall

(Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.

Arabic

سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر

Word by word

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

Transliteration

Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إنا مرسلو الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر

Word by word

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

Transliteration

Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

Pickthall

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

Arabic

ونبئهم أن الماء قسمة بينهم ۖ كل شرب محتضر

Word by word

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

Transliteration

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

Pickthall

But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).

Arabic

فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر

Word by word

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

Transliteration

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Pickthall

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

Arabic

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

Word by word

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

Pickthall

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

Arabic

إنا أرسلنا عليهم صيحة واحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر

Word by word

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Pickthall

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

Arabic

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration

Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

Pickthall

The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

Arabic

كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر

Word by word

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Transliteration

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

Pickthall

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,

Arabic

إنا أرسلنا عليهم حاصبا إلا آل لوط ۖ نجيناهم بسحر

Word by word

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

Transliteration

NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

Pickthall

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

Arabic

نعمة من عندنا ۚ كذلك نجزي من شكر

Word by word

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

Transliteration

Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

Pickthall

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

Arabic

ولقد أنذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

Pickthall

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!

Arabic

ولقد راودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا أعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

Pickthall

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.

Arabic

ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Transliteration

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

Pickthall

Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

Arabic

فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

Word by word

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

Pickthall

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

Arabic

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

Pickthall

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

Arabic

ولقد جاء آل فرعون النذر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Transliteration

Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

Pickthall

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

Arabic

كذبوا بآياتنا كلها فأخذناهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر

Word by word

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Transliteration

Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

Pickthall

Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?

Arabic

أكفاركم خير من أولئكم أم لكم براءة في الزبر

Word by word

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Transliteration

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

Pickthall

Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

Arabic

أم يقولون نحن جميع منتصر

Word by word

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

Transliteration

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

Pickthall

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

Arabic

سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر

Word by word

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

Transliteration

Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

Pickthall

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

Arabic

بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر

Word by word

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

Transliteration

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

Pickthall

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

Arabic

إن المجرمين في ضلال وسعر

Word by word

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Transliteration

Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

Pickthall

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

Arabic

يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر

Word by word

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

Transliteration

Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

Pickthall

Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

Arabic

إنا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر

Word by word

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Transliteration

Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

Pickthall

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

Arabic

وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر

Word by word

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

Transliteration

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

Pickthall

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

Arabic

ولقد أهلكنا أشياعكم فهل من مدكر

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration

Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

Pickthall

And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

Arabic

وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر

Word by word

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Transliteration

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

Pickthall

And every small and great thing is recorded.

Arabic

وكل صغير وكبير مستطر

Word by word

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

Transliteration

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

Pickthall

Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

Arabic

إن المتقين في جنات ونهر

Word by word

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

Transliteration

Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

Pickthall

Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.

Arabic

في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر

Word by word

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

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