Al-Qamar

Iqtarabati assaAAatu wanshaqqaalqamar

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].

Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoowayaqooloo sihrun mustamirr

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

Wakaththaboo wattabaAAoo ahwaahumwakullu amrin mustaqirr

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i mafeehi muzdajar

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

Hikmatun balighatun famatughnee annuthur

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu addaAAiila shay-in nukur

So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,

KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoonamina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashir

Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

MuhtiAAeena ila addaAAiyaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasir

Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinfakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun wazdujir

The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun fantasir

So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

Fafatahna abwaba assama-ibima-in munhamir

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonanfaltaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudir

And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

Wahamalnahu AAala thatialwahin wadusur

And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaanliman kana kufir

Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

Walaqad taraknaha ayatanfahal min muddakir

And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kanaAAathabee wanuthur

ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehansarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirr

Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Kaththabat thamoodu binnuthur

Thamūd denied the warning.

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidannattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalinwasuAAur

And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

Aolqiya aththikru AAalayhimin baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashir

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabual-ashir

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

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

Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatunbaynahum kullu shirbin muhtadar

And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAatafaAAaqar

But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatanwahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathir

Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Kaththabat qawmu lootin binnuthur

The people of Lot denied the warning.

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasibanilla ala lootin najjaynahum bisahar

Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalikanajzee man shakar

As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

Walaqad antharahum batshatanafatamaraw binnuthur

And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihifatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabeewanuthur

And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthur

So taste My punishment and warning.

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna annuthur

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

Kaththaboo bi-ayatinakulliha faakhathnahum akhthaAAazeezin muqtadir

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

Akuffarukum khayrun min ola-ikumam lakum baraatun fee azzubur

Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasir

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona addubur

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalinwasuAAur

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..

Yawma yushaboona fee annariAAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqar

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahubiqadar

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakumfahal min muddakir

And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?

Wakullu shay-in faAAaloohu fee azzubur

And everything they did is in written records.

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatar

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatinwanahar

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekinmuqtadir

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.