Sourate Al-Qamar (54) original (rasm)

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Benevolent. The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعه وانشق القمر

And if they see a sign, they turn away and say: 'A persistent illusion.' 2

وان يروا ايه يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر

They denied, and followed their emotions.i 3

وكذبوا واتبعوا اهواهم

Yet every matter finds its settled term. 3

وكل امر مستقر

There had indeed come to them, among the accounts, that which should deter [them], 4

ولقد جاهم من الانبا ما فيه مزدجر

a consummate wisdom — 5

حكمه بلغه

but of what avail are warnings [to them]? 5

فما تغن النذر

So turn away from them. 6

فتول عنهم

The Day the Caller calls to something terrible, their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading out, rushing toward the Caller, 8

يوم يدع الداع الي شي نكر خشعا ابصرهم يخرجون من الاجداث كانهم جراد منتشر مهطعين الي الداع

Those who deny will say: 'This is a difficult day.' 8

يقول الكفرون هذا يوم عسر

Before them, the people of Nuh denied: they denied Our obedient one and said, 'He is insane,' and he was violently repelled.i 9

كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر

So he called upon his Guardian: 'I am overpowered, so grant [me] victory.' 10

فدعا ربه اني مغلوب فانتصر

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

ففتحنا ابوب السما بما منهمر

and caused the earth to burst forth in springs, so the waters met according to a matter already decreed. 12

وفجرنا الارض عيونا فالتقي الما علي امر قد قدر

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

وحملنه علي ذات الوح ودسر

It sailed under Our eyes, a recompense for the one who had been rejected. 14

تجري باعيننا جزا لمن كان كفر

We have indeed left it as a sign: is there then anyone to take heed? 15

ولقد تركنها ايه فهل من مدكر

So how were My punishment and My warnings? 16

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

We have indeed made the Recitation easy for remembrance: is there then anyone to take heed? 17

ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

The Recidivists [Aad] denied. So how were My punishment and My warnings? 18

كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

We sent upon them a furious wind, on a day of continuous misfortune, tearing people away as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees. 20

انا ارسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر تنزع الناس كانهم اعجاز نخل منقعر

So how were My punishment and My warnings? 21

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

We have indeed made the Recitation easy for remembrance: is there then anyone to take heed? 22

ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

the Depleters [Thamud] denied the warnings. 23

كذبت ثمود بالنذر

They said: 'Shall we follow a single human being from among us? We would then be in error and madness. Has the Reminder been cast upon him alone, among us? Rather, he is a boastful liar.' 25

فقالوا ابشرا منا وحدا نتبعه انا اذا لفي ضلل وسعر القي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب اشر

They will know tomorrow who is the boastful liar. 26

سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الاشر

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

انا مرسلوا الناقه فتنه لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر

And inform them that the water is to be shared between them, 28

ونبيهم ان الما قسمه بينهم

each turn of drinking attended in its time. 28

كل شرب محتضر

So they called their companion, and he seized her and hamstrung her. 29

فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطي فعقر

So how were My punishment and My warnings? 30

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

We sent upon them a single cry, and they became like the dry twigs of a pen-builder. 31

انا ارسلنا عليهم صيحه وحده فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر

We have indeed made the Recitation easy for remembrance: is there then anyone to take heed? 32

ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

The people of Lut denied the warnings.i 33

كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر

We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lut, whom We saved before dawn,i 34

انا ارسلنا عليهم حاصبا الا ال لوط نجينهم بسحر

a favor from Us. 35

نعمه من عندنا

Thus do We reward whoever is grateful. 35

كذلك نجزي من شكر

He had indeed warned them of Our Strike, but they doubted the warnings.i 36

ولقد انذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر

They sought to turn him away from his guests, so We blinded their eyes: 'Taste, then, My punishment and My warnings.' 37

ولقد رودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا اعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

A settled punishment indeed overtook them at early morning, 38

ولقد صبحهم بكره عذاب مستقر

'Taste, then, My punishment and My warnings.' 39

فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

We have indeed made the Recitation easy for remembrance: is there then anyone to take heed? 40

ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

The warnings had indeed come to Fir'awn's clan.i 41

ولقد جا ال فرعون النذر

They denied all Our signs, so We seized them with the seizing of one mighty and capable. 42

كذبوا بايتنا كلها فاخذنهم اخذ عزيز مقتدر

Are those of you who deny better than those, or do you have an exemption in the Formularies?i 43

اكفاركم خير من اوليكم ام لكم براه في الزبر

Or do they say: 'We are a united group, [we will be] victorious'? 44

ام يقولون نحن جميع منتصر

The group will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in flight]. 45

سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر

Rather, the Hour is their appointed time, 46

بل الساعه موعدهم

and the Hour is more terrible and more bitter. 46

والساعه ادهي وامر

The severed are indeed in error and madness, the Day they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces: 'Taste the touch of Saqar.'i 48

ان المجرمين في ضلل وسعر يوم يسحبون في النار علي وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر

We have indeed created every thing according to a measure. 49

انا كل شي خلقنه بقدر

And Our command is but one, like the blink of an eye. 50

وما امرنا الا وحده كلمح بالبصر

We have indeed destroyed your likes: is there then anyone to take heed? 51

ولقد اهلكنا اشياعكم فهل من مدكر

And everything they did is [recorded] in the Formularies.i 52

وكل شي فعلوه في الزبر

And everything, small or great, is inscribed. 53

وكل صغير وكبير مستطر

The mindful are indeed in gardens and by a river, in a seat of truth, near a Sovereign, All-Capable. 55

ان المتقين في جنت ونهر في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر