Al Qamar

1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

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

2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

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

3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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

4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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

5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

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

6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

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

7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

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

8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

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

9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

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.

10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

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

11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

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

12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

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

13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

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

14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

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

15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

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

16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

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 that will receive admonition?

18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

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

20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

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

21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

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

24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

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!

25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

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

26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

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

27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

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

28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

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).

29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

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

30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

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

32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

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, -

35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

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

36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

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

37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

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."

38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

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

40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

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

42 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

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.

43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

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

44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

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

45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

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

46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

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.

47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

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

48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

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

49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

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

50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

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

52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

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

53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

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

54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

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

55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

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