Al Qamar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 Thamud denied the warning

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

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

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

26 They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33 The people of Lot denied the warning.

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

39 So taste My punishment and warning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

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

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

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

49 Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

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

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

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

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

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

52 And everything they did is in written records.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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