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1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

1 The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].

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

2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

2 And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

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

3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

3 And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

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

4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

4 And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence -

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

5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

5 Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

5 Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

6 So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,

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

7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

7 Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

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

8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

8 Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

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

9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

9 The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

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

10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

10 So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

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

11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

11 Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

11 Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

12 And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

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

13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

13 And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

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

14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

14 Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

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

15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

15 And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

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

16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

16 And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

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

17 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

17 And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

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

18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

18 'Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

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

19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

19 Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

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

20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

20 Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

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

21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

21 And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

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

22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

22 And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

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

23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23 Thamud denied the warning

23 (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

24 And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

24 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.

25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

25 Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

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

26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

26 They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

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

27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

27 Indeed, We are sending the she - camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.

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

28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

28 And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

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

29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

29 But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].

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

30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

30 And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

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

31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

31 Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

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

32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

32 And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

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

33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33 The people of Lot denied the warning.

33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

34 Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

34 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,

35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

35 As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

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

36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

36 And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

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

37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

37 And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

37 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!

38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

38 And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

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

39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

39 So taste My punishment and warning.

39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

40 And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

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

41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

41 And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

42 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

42 They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

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

43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

43 Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?

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

44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

44 Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

44 Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

45 [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

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

46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

46 But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

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

47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

47 Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

48 The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

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

49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

49 Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

50 And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

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

51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

51 And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?

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

52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

52 And everything they did is in written records.

52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

53 And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

53 And every small and great thing is recorded.

54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

54 Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

54 Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

55 In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.

55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.