Surah 54: Al-Qamar سُورَةُ القَمَرِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ 1

¹The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ 2

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

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ 3

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

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ 4

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

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ 5

⁵Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ 6

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

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ 7

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

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ 8

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

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ 9

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ 10

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

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ 11

¹¹Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ 12

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

وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ 13

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

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ 14

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

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ 15

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ 16

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

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ 17

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

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ 18

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

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ 19

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

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ 20

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ 21

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

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ 22

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ 23

²³(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ 24

²⁴For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ 25

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

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ 26

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

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ 27

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

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ 28

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

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ 29

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ 30

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

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ 31

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

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ 32

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

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ 33

³³The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ 34

³⁴Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ 35

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

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ 36

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

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ 37

³⁷They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ 38

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

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ 39

³⁹Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ 40

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

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ 41

⁴¹And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ 42

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

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ 43

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

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ 44

⁴⁴Or say they: We are a host victorious?

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ 45

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

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ 46

⁴⁶Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ 47

⁴⁷Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ 48

⁴⁸On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ 49

⁴⁹Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ 50

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

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ 51

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

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ 52

⁵²And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ 53

⁵³And every small and great thing is recorded.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ 54

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

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ 55

⁵⁵Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.