الـقمـر

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

1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

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

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

2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

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

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

3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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

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

4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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

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

5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

5 Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

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

6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

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

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

7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

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

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

8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

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

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

9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

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

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

10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

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

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

11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

11 Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

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

12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

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

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

13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

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

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

14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

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

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

15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

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

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

16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

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

17 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

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

18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

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

19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

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

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

20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

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

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

21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

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

22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

23 Thamud denied the warning

23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23 (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

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

24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

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

25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

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

26 They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

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

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

27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

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

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

28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

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

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

29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

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

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

30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

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

31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

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

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

32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

33 The people of Lot denied the warning.

33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

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

34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

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

35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

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

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

36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

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

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

37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

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 And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

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

39 So taste My punishment and warning.

39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

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

40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

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

41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

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 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

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

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

43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

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

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

44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

44 Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

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

45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

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

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

46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

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 Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

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

48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

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 Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

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

50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

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

51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

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

52 And everything they did is in written records.

52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

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

53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

53 And every small and great thing is recorded.

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

54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

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

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

55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.