Al-Qamar

The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.

اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر

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

وان يروا ءاية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر

Yet every matter finds its stable place.

وكل امر مستقر

There had indeed come to them, among the pieces of information, that which should deter,

ولقد جاءهم من الانباء ما فيه مزدجر

but of what avail are warnings?

فما تغن النذر

So turn your back on them.

فتول عنهم

Those who disown will say: "This is a difficult day."

يقول الكفرون هذا يوم عسر

Before them, the people of Nuh denied: they denied Our obedient one and said, "He is deranged," and he was harshly chided.

كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر

So he called upon his Guardian: "I am overcome, so grant help."

فدعا ربه اني مغلوب فانتصر

So We opened the gates of heaven with pouring water,

ففتحنا ابوب السماء بماء منهمر

and made the earth gush forth in springs, so the waters met according to a matter already decreed.

وفجرنا الارض عيونا فالتقى الماء على امر قد قدر

And We carried him upon a vessel made of planks and joining nails.

وحملنه على ذات الوح ودسر

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

تجري باعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر

We have indeed left it as a sign: is there then anyone to remember?

ولقد تركنها ءاية فهل من مدكر

So how were My punishment and My warnings?

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

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

ولقد يسرنا القرءان للذكر فهل من مدكر

The Aad denied. So how were My punishment and My warnings?

كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

We sent upon them an icy wind, on a day of persistent misfortune, tearing men away as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.

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

So how were My punishment and My warnings?

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

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

ولقد يسرنا القرءان للذكر فهل من مدكر

The Thamud denied the warnings.

كذبت ثمود بالنذر

They said: "Shall we follow a single human from among us? We would then surely be in error and madness. Has the Reminder been cast upon him, out of all of us? Rather, he is a boastful liar."

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

They will know tomorrow who is the boastful liar.

سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الاشر

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

انا مرسلوا الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر

each turn to drink is attended.

كل شرب محتضر

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

فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر

So how were My punishment and My warnings?

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

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

انا ارسلنا عليهم صيحة وحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر

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

ولقد يسرنا القرءان للذكر فهل من مدكر

The people of Lut denied the warnings.

كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر

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

انا ارسلنا عليهم حاصبا الا ءال لوط نجينهم بسحر

Thus do We recompense whoever is grateful.

كذلك نجزي من شكر

He had indeed warned them of Our Strike, but they contended about the warnings.

ولقد انذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر

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

ولقد رودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا اعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

A stable punishment indeed overtook them at early morning,

ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر

"Taste, then, My punishment and My warnings."

فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

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

ولقد يسرنا القرءان للذكر فهل من مدكر

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

ولقد جاء ءال فرعون النذر

They denied all Our signs, so We seized them with the seizing of an All-Powerful, Capable One.

كذبوا بايتنا كلها فاخذنهم اخذ عزيز مقتدر

Are those of you who disown better than those, or do you have a quittance in the Formularies?

اكفاركم خير من اوليكم ام لكم براءة في الزبر

Or do they say: "We are a united force, victorious"?

ام يقولون نحن جميع منتصر

The force will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.

سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر

and the Hour is more terrible and more bitter.

والساعة ادهى 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."

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

We have created every thing according to a measure.

انا كل شىء خلقنه بقدر

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

وما امرنا الا وحدة كلمح بالبصر

We have indeed annihilated those of your sort: is there then anyone to remember?

ولقد اهلكنا اشياعكم فهل من مدكر

And everything they did is in the Formularies.

وكل شىء فعلوه في الزبر

And everything, small or great, is inscribed.

وكل صغير وكبير مستطر

Those who guard themselves are indeed in gardens and by a river, in a seat of veracity, near a Sovereign, Capable.

ان المتقين في جنت ونهر في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر