Al Qamar

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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23 Thamud denied the warning

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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!

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

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

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

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

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26 They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

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

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

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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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

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33 The people of Lot denied the warning.

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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, -

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

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

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

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

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

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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."

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

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38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

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

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

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39 So taste My punishment and warning.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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47 Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

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

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

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

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49 Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

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

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

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

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

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

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52 And everything they did is in written records.

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

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

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

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

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

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