ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ
Iqtarabati assaAAatu wanshaqqaalqamar
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
The Hour (of doom) has drawn near, and the moon has split asunder.
Surah 54
Al-Qamar
The Moon
55 verses · Makkan · revealed 37th
القمر
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoowayaqooloo sihrun mustamirr
And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
When these people see a sign, they turn away and say, “(This is) a transient magic.”
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Wakaththaboo wattabaAAoo ahwaahumwakullu amrin mustaqirr
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
They have rejected (the Truth) and followed their desires, while every matter has to settle (at some time).
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i mafeehi muzdajar
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.
And there has come to them as much news (of the earlier communities) as it is enough to deter,
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Hikmatun balighatun famatughnee annuthur
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
(containing) a perfect wisdom. But the warnings are of no avail (to them).
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu addaAAiila shay-in nukur
So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
Therefore, turn aside (O Prophet,) from them. (They will see the reality) on the day in which the caller will call (them) to a gruesome object.
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoonamina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashir
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
With their eyes humbled, they will come out of the graves like locusts spread all over,
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
MuhtiAAeena ila addaAAiyaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasir
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
rushing quickly towards the caller. (On that Day) the disbelievers will say, “This is a hard day.”
۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinfakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun wazdujir
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
The people of NūH denied (the truth) before them. So they rejected Our servant, and said, “(He is) a madman”, and he was (also) threatened (by them).
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun fantasir
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
So he prayed to his Lord saying, “I am overpowered, so defend (me).”
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
Fafatahna abwaba assama-ibima-in munhamir
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring forth profusely,
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonanfaltaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudir
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
and We caused the earth to gush forth as springs; so the water (of both kinds) met together for a destined event.
وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
Wahamalnahu AAala thatialwahin wadusur
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
And We caused him (NūH) to board that (ship) which had planks and nails,
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaanliman kana kufir
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
which sailed under Our Eyes, as a reward for the one who was rejected (by the infidels).
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Walaqad taraknaha ayatanfahal min muddakir
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
And We left it (the ship) as a sign. So, is there one to take lesson?
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Then how was My torment and My warnings?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Indeed We have made the Qur’ān easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to heed to the advice?
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kanaAAathabee wanuthur
ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
(The people of) ‘Ād rejected (their prophet). So how was My torment and My warnings?
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehansarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirr
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
We did send to them a furious wind in a day of continuous misfortune,
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
plucking people away, as if they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
So how was My torment and My warnings?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Indeed We have made the Qur’ān easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to heed to the advice?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
Kaththabat thamoodu binnuthur
Thamūd denied the warning.
(The people of) Thamūd rejected the warners.
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidannattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalinwasuAAur
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
So they said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we will be in error and insanity.
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
Aolqiya aththikru AAalayhimin baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashir
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
Is it that the advice has been cast upon him alone out of all of us? No, but he is a bragging liar.”
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabual-ashir
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
Tomorrow they will know who the bragging liar is!
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; so watch them (O SāliH,) and keep patience,
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatunbaynahum kullu shirbin muhtadar
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
and tell them that water (of the well) is to be shared between them (and the she-camel), so as the right of having water shall be attended by each (alternatively).
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAatafaAAaqar
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
Then they called their man (to kill the she-camel,) so he undertook (the task) and killed (the she-camel).
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
So how was My torment and My warnings?
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatanwahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathir
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.
We sent upon them a single Cry, and they were like crushed leafs of a hedge-builder.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Indeed We have made the Qur’ān easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to heed to the advice?
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
Kaththabat qawmu lootin binnuthur
The people of Lot denied the warning.
The people of LūT rejected the warners.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasibanilla ala lootin najjaynahum bisahar
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
We sent upon them a rain of stones, except the family of LūT whom We saved in the last hours of night,
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalikanajzee man shakar
As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
as a grace from Us. This is how We reward the one who offers gratitude.
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
Walaqad antharahum batshatanafatamaraw binnuthur
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
And he (LūT) had certainly warned them of Our grasp, but they disputed the warnings.
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihifatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabeewanuthur
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
And they had even tried to tempt him against his guests (so that they may snatch them away for bad purpose,) but We blinded their eyes: “Now taste My torment and My warnings!”
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
And on the next morning, a lasting torment overtook them:
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthur
So taste My punishment and warning.
“Now taste My torment and My warnings.”
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Indeed We have made the Qur’ān easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to heed to the advice?
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna annuthur
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
And the warners came to the family of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh).
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
Kaththaboo bi-ayatinakulliha faakhathnahum akhthaAAazeezin muqtadir
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
(But) they rejected all Our signs; so We seized them- a seizure by One Mighty, Powerful.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Akuffarukum khayrun min ola-ikumam lakum baraatun fee azzubur
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
Are the disbelievers among you in a better position than all of the aforesaid (punished people), or do you have immunity (recorded) in the sacred books?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasir
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
Or do they say, “We are a large group, well-defended.”?
سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona addubur
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
Soon this ‘large group’ shall be defeated, and all of them will turn their backs.
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
Rather the Hour (of judgment) is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour is more calamitous and much more bitter.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalinwasuAAur
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..
Surely the guilty ones are in error and madness.
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
Yawma yushaboona fee annariAAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqar
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."
On the Day when they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, (it will be said to them,) “Taste the touch of Hell.”
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ
Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahubiqadar
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
Verily, We have created every thing according to (Our) predestination.
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
And (implementation of) Our command is no more than a single act like the twinkling of an eye.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakumfahal min muddakir
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
We have destroyed people like you; so, is there one to take lesson?
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Wakullu shay-in faAAaloohu fee azzubur
And everything they did is in written records.
And every thing they have done is recorded in the books (of deeds).
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatar
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
And every thing, small and big, is written down.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatinwanahar
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
Of course, the God-fearing will be in gardens and rivers,
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekinmuqtadir
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.
in a seat of Truth, near to the Omnipotent Sovereign.