Al Qamar

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.

Yusuf Ali

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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings.

Yusuf Ali

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, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 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."

Yusuf Ali

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 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?

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 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).