Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon)

Verses

1. ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

   The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain

   54:1

2. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ

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

   54:2

3. وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

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

   54:3

4. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ

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

   54:4

5. حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

   Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not

   54:5

6. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ

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

   54:6

7. خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ

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

   54:7

8. مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ

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

   54:8

9. ۞كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ

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

   54:9

10. فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ

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

    54:10

11. فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ

    Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

    54:11

12. وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ

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

    54:12

13. وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ

    And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails

    54:13

14. تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

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

    54:14

15. وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

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

    54:15

16. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

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

    54:16

17. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

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

    54:17

18. كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

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

    54:18

19. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ

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

    54:19

20. تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ

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

    54:20

21. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

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

    54:21

22. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

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

    54:22

23. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

    54:23

24. فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ 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

    54:24

25. أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ

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

    54:25

26. سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ

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

    54:26

27. إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ

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

    54:27

28. وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ

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

    54:28

29. فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

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

    54:29

30. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

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

    54:30

31. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ

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

    54:31

32. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

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

    54:32

33. كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    The folk of Lot rejected warnings

    54:33

34. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ

    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

    54:34

35. نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ

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

    54:35

36. وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

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

    54:36

37. وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي 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

    54:37

38. وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

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

    54:38

39. فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Now taste My punishment after My warnings

    54:39

40. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

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

    54:40

41. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

    54:41

42. كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ

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

    54:42

43. أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

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

    54:43

44. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ

    Or say they: We are a host victorious

    54:44

45. سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

    The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee

    54:45

46. بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ 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)

    54:46

47. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ

    Lo! the guilty are in error and madness

    54:47

48. يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ 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

    54:48

49. إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ

    Lo! We have created every thing by measure

    54:49

50. وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ

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

    54:50

51. وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

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

    54:51

52. وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

    And every thing they did is in the scriptures

    54:52

53. وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ

    And every small and great thing is recorded

    54:53

54. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ

    Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers

    54:54

55. فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ

    Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King

    54:55