Al-Qamar

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose

وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her)

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

The folk of Lot rejected warnings

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Now taste My punishment after My warnings

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

Or say they: We are a host victorious

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure)

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Lo! We have created every thing by measure

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

And every thing they did is in the scriptures

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

And every small and great thing is recorded

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King