54 - Surah Al-Qamar القمر

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

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

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

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

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

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun

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

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun

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

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru

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

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir

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

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamirin

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

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

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

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusurin

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

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufira

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

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakirin

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

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

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

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

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

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

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirrin

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

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

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

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

Thamud denied the warning

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhuri

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

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

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

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

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashiru

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

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

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

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

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

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqara

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

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

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

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

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

The people of Lot denied the warning.

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhuri

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

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥarin

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

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakara

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

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhuri

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

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirrun

So taste My punishment and warning.

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri

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

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

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhuru

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

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin

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

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zuburi

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

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣirun

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

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubura

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

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

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

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

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

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadarin

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

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣari

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

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakirin

And everything they did is in written records.

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zuburi

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭarun

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaharin

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

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadirin