Chapter 54

The MoonAl-Qamar (القمر)

55 verses • revealed at Meccan

1 ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
2 وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
3 وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
4 وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
5 حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
6 فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
7 خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
8 مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
9 كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
10 فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
11 فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
12 وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
13 وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:
14 تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
15 وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
16 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
17 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
18 كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
19 إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
20 تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
21 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
22 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
23 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
24 فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!
25 أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
26 سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
27 إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
28 وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
29 فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
30 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
31 إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
32 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
33 كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
34 إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
35 نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
36 وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
37 وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
38 وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
39 فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
40 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
41 وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
42 كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
43 أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
44 أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
45 سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
46 بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
47 إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
48 يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
49 إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
50 وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.
51 وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
52 وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
53 وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
54 إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
55 فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.