Al Qamar

1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon).

2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

2 And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: "This is continuous magic."

3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

3 They belied (the Verses of Allah - this Qur'an), and followed their own lusts. And every matter will be settled (according to the kind of deeds: good deeds will take their doers to Paradise, and similarly evil deeds will take their doers to Hell).

4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

4 And indeed there has come to them news (in this Qur'an) wherein there is (enough warning) to check (them from evil),

5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

5 Perfect wisdom (this Qur'an), but (the preaching of) warners benefit them not.

6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

6 So (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withdraw from them. The Day that the caller will call (them) to a terrible thing.

7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

7 They will come forth, with humbled eyes from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread abroad,

8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

8 Hastening towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day."

9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

9 The people of Nuh (Noah) denied (their Messenger) before them. They rejected Our slave, and said: "A madman!" and he was insolently rebuked and threatened.

10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

10 Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!"

11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

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

12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

12 And We caused springs to gush forth from the earth. So the waters (of the heaven and the earth) met for a matter predestined.

13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

13 And We carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails,

14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

14 Floating under Our Eyes: a reward for him who had been rejected!

15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

15 And indeed, We have left this as a sign. Then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

16 Then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

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 one who will remember (or receive admonition)?

18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

18 'Ad (people) belied (their Prophet, Hud); then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

19 Verily, We sent against them a furious wind of harsh voice on a day of evil omen and continuous calamity.

20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

20 Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.

21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

21 Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

22 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23 Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.

24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

24 And they said: "A man, alone among us - shall we follow him? Truly then we should be in error and distress (or madness)!"

25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

25 "Is it that the Reminder is sent to him [Prophet Salih عليه السلام] alone from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar!"

26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

26 Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one!

27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

27 Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them [O Salih عليه السلام], and be patient!

28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

28 And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them, each one's right to drink being established (by turns).

29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

29 But they called their comrade and he took (a sword) and killed (her).

30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

30 Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

31 Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.

32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33 The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings.

34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

34 Verily, We sent against them a violent storm of stones (which destroyed them all), except the family of Lut (Lot), them We saved in the last hour of the night,

35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

35 As a Favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks (by obeying Us).

36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

36 And he [Lut (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Seizure (punishment), but they did doubt the warnings!

37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

37 And they indeed sought to shame his guest (by asking to commit sodomy with them). So We blinded their eyes, (saying) "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

38 And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning.

39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

39 "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

41 And indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron)].

42 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

42 (They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable (Omnipotent).

43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

43 Are your disbelievers (O Quraish!) better than these [nations of Nuh (Noah), Lut (Lot), Salih, and the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who were destroyed)? Or have you an immunity (against Our Torment) in the Divine Scriptures?

44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

44 Or say they: "We are a great multitude, victorious?"

45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

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

46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

46 Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.

47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

47 Verily the Mujrimun (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals) are in error (in this world) and will burn (in the Hell-fire in the Hereafter).

48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

48 The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): "Taste you the touch of Hell!"

49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

49 Verily, We have created all things with Qadar (Divine Preordainments of all things before their creation as written in the Book of Decrees Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz).

50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

51 And indeed, We have destroyed your likes; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

52 And everything they have done is noted in (their) Records (of deeds).

53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

53 And everything, small and big, is written down (in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz already beforehand i.e. before it befalls, or is done by its doer: الإيمان بالقدر) (See the Qur'an V.57:22 and its footnote).

54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

54 Verily, The Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2), will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise).

55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

55 In a seat of truth (i.e. Paradise), near the Omnipotent King (Allah, the One, the All-Blessed, the Most High, the Owner of Majesty and Honour).