Al-Qamar

Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

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

Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic

Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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

Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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

Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

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

KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

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

MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

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

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

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

FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

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

Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

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

Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

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

Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

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

Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

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

Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

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

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

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

TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

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

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

Thamud denied the warning

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

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

Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

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

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

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

Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

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

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

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

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

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

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

The people of Lot denied the warning

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

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

NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

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

Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

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

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

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

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

So taste My punishment and warning

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning

Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

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 olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

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

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

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

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

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

Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

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

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness

Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

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

Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

Indeed, all things We created with predestination

Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

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

Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

And everything they did is in written records

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers

Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

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