Chapter 54, 55 verses
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ
The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
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.
Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ
(Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ
Lo! We are sending the she - camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle - fold.
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ
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,
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
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!
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.