54. Al-Qamar

54:1

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿١﴾

Iqtarabati as-sāʿatu wānshaqqa al-qamar

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

54:2

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ﴿٢﴾

Waʾin yaraw āyatan yuʿriḍū wayaqūlū siḥrun mustamirr

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

54:3

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ﴿٣﴾

Wakadhdhabū wāttabaʿū ahwāʾahum wakullu amrin mustaqirr

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

54:4

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ﴿٤﴾

Walaqad jāʾahum mina al-anbāʾi mā fīhi muzdajar

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

54:5

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿٥﴾

Ḥikmatun bālighatun famā tughni an-nudhur

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ﴿٦﴾

Fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu ad-dāʿi ilā shayʾin nukur

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

54:7

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ﴿٧﴾

Khushshaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina al-ajdāthi kaʾannahum jarādun muntashir

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

54:8

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ﴿٨﴾

Muhṭiʿīna ilā ad-dāʿi yaqūlu al-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasir

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

54:9

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ ﴿٩﴾

Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhdhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wāzdujir

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

54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ ﴿١٠﴾

Fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fāntaṣir

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

54:11

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ﴿١١﴾

Fafataḥnā abwāba as-samāʾi bimāʾin munhamir

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

54:12

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ﴿١٢﴾

Wafajjarnā al-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā al-māʾu ʿalā amrin qad qudir

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

54:13

وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusur

And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

54:14

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ﴿١٤﴾

Tajrī biʾaʿyuninā jazāʾan liman kāna kufir

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

54:15

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakir

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

54:16

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿١٦﴾

Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

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

54:17

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿١٧﴾

Walaqad yassarnā al-qurʾāna lildhdhikri fahal min muddakir

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

54:18

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿١٨﴾

Kadhdhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

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

54:19

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ﴿١٩﴾

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mustamirr

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

54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Tanziʿu an-nāsa kaʾannahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿir

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

54:21

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿٢١﴾

Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

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

54:22

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Walaqad yassarnā al-qurʾāna lildhdhikri fahal min muddakir

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

54:23

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Kadhdhabat thamūdu bin-nudhur

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

54:24

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

Faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿur

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.

54:25

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

Aʾulqiya adh-dhikru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhdhābun ashir

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

54:26

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ ﴿٢٦﴾

Sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani al-kadhdhābu al-ashir

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

54:27

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ ﴿٢٧﴾

Innā mursilū an-nāqati fitnatan lahum fārtaqibhum wāṣṭabir

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

54:28

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ﴿٢٨﴾

Wanabbiʾhum anna al-māʾa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muḥtaḍar

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

54:29

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

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

54:30

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٠﴾

Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

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

54:31

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ ﴿٣١﴾

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi al-muḥtaẓir

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

54:32

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿٣٢﴾

Walaqad yassarnā al-qurʾāna lildhdhikri fahal min muddakir

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

54:33

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٣﴾

Kadhdhabat qawmu lūṭin bin-nudhur

The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

54:34

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ ﴿٣٤﴾

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥar

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,

54:35

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Niʿmatan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

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

54:36

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bin-nudhur

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

54:37

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٧﴾

Walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

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!

54:38

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ﴿٣٨﴾

Walaqad ṣabbaḥahum bukratan ʿadhābun mustaqirr

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

54:39

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

54:40

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

Walaqad yassarnā al-qurʾāna lildhdhikri fahal min muddakir

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

54:41

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿٤١﴾

Walaqad jāʾa āla firʿawna an-nudhur

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

54:42

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ﴿٤٢﴾

Kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā kullihā faʾakhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muqtadir

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

54:43

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ ﴿٤٣﴾

Akuffārukum khayrun min ulāʾikum am lakum barāʾatun fī az-zubur

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

54:44

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ ﴿٤٤﴾

Am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣir

Or say they: We are a host victorious?

54:45

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Sayuhzamu al-jamʿu wayuwallūna ad-dubur

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

54:46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ﴿٤٦﴾

Bali as-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum was-sāʿatu adhā waʾamarr

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

54:47

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ﴿٤٧﴾

Inna al-mujrimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿur

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

54:48

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Yawma yusḥabūna fī an-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar

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

54:49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ ﴿٤٩﴾

Innā kulla shayʾin khalaqnāhu biqadar

Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

54:50

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ ﴿٥٠﴾

Wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

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

54:51

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿٥١﴾

Walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakir

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

54:52

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ ﴿٥٢﴾

Wakullu shayʾin faʿalūhu fī az-zubur

And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ﴿٥٣﴾

Wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mustaṭar

And every small and great thing is recorded.

54:54

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ ﴿٥٤﴾

Inna al-muttaqīna fī jannātin wanahar

Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

54:55

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ ﴿٥٥﴾

Fī maqʿadi ṣidqin ʿinda malīkin muqtadir

Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.