Al Qamar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 Thamud denied the warning

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!

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

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

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

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

26 They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

33 The people of Lot denied the warning.

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, -

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

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

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

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

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

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

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

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

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

39 So taste My punishment and warning.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

47 Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

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

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

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

49 Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

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

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

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

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

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

52 And everything they did is in written records.

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

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

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

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

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

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