Surah Al-Qamar

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ١

   54:1

   iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamaru

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

2. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ٢

   54:2

   wa-in yaraw āyatan yuʿ'riḍū wayaqūlū siḥ'run mus'tamirrun

   And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

3. وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ٣

   54:3

   wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun

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

4. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ٤

   54:4

   walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun

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

5. حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ٥

   54:5

   ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru

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

6. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ٦

   54:6

   fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin

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

7. خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ٧

   54:7

   khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashirun

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

8. مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ٨

   54:8

   muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun

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

9. ۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ٩

   54:9

   kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wa-uz'dujira

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

10. فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ١٠

    54:10

    fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir

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

11. فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ١١

    54:11

    fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamirin

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

12. وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ١٢

    54:12

    wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudira

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

13. وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ١٣

    54:13

    waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusurin

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

14. تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ١٤

    54:14

    tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufira

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

15. وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ١٥

    54:15

    walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakirin

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

16. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ١٦

    54:16

    fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

    And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

17. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ١٧

    54:17

    walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

18. كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ١٨

    54:18

    kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

    ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

19. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ١٩

    54:19

    innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirrin

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

20. تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ٢٠

    54:20

    tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin

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

21. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ٢١

    54:21

    fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

    And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

22. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ٢٢

    54:22

    walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

23. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ٢٣

    54:23

    kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhuri

    Thamūd denied the warning.

24. فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ٢٤

    54:24

    faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

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

25. أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ٢٥

    54:25

    a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashirun

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

26. سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ٢٦

    54:26

    sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashiru

    They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

27. إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ٢٧

    54:27

    innā mur'silū l-nāqati fit'natan lahum fa-ir'taqib'hum wa-iṣ'ṭabir

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

28. وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ٢٨

    54:28

    wanabbi'hum anna l-māa qis'matun baynahum kullu shir'bin muḥ'taḍarun

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

29. فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ٢٩

    54:29

    fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqara

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

30. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ٣٠

    54:30

    fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

    And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

31. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ٣١

    54:31

    innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓiri

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

32. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ٣٢

    54:32

    walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

33. كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ٣٣

    54:33

    kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhuri

    The people of Lot denied the warning.

34. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ٣٤

    54:34

    innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥarin

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

35. نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ٣٥

    54:35

    niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakara

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

36. وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ٣٦

    54:36

    walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhuri

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

37. وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ٣٧

    54:37

    walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri

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

38. وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ٣٨

    54:38

    walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirrun

    And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

39. فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ٣٩

    54:39

    fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri

    So taste My punishment and warning.

40. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ٤٠

    54:40

    walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

41. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ٤١

    54:41

    walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhuru

    And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

42. كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ٤٢

    54:42

    kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin

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

43. أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ٤٣

    54:43

    akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zuburi

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

44. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ٤٤

    54:44

    am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣirun

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

45. سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ٤٥

    54:45

    sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubura

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

46. بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ٤٦

    54:46

    bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarru

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

47. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ٤٧

    54:47

    inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

    Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..

48. يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ٤٨

    54:48

    yawma yus'ḥabūna fī l-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqara

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

49. إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ٤٩

    54:49

    innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadarin

    Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

50. وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ٥٠

    54:50

    wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣari

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

51. وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ٥١

    54:51

    walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakirin

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

52. وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ٥٢

    54:52

    wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zuburi

    And everything they did is in written records.

53. وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ٥٣

    54:53

    wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭarun

    And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

54. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ٥٤

    54:54

    inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaharin

    Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

55. فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ٥٥

    54:55

    fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadirin

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