Kitab

Al Qamar

Chapter 54, 55 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Shakir
  • Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention - -

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Consummate wisdom - - but warnings do not avail;

Pickthall

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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.

Shakir

Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

Pickthall

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill - luck

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm - trees torn up.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.

Shakir

Samood rejected the warning.

Pickthall

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Surely We are going to send the she - camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings.

Shakir

The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.

Pickthall

The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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,

Shakir

Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

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,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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."

Shakir

And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.

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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

Shakir

So taste My chastisement and My warning.

Pickthall

Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

Pickthall

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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?

Shakir

Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

Pickthall

Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

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).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Surely the guilty are in error and distress.

Pickthall

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

Pickthall

Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And everything they have done is in the writings.

Pickthall

And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

And everything small and great is written down.

Pickthall

And every small and great thing is recorded.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

Pickthall

Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.

Pickthall

Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.

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