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Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Qamar   Ayah:

Al-Qamar

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ
The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split asunder[1].
[1] The Quraysh pagans challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) to split the moon in two so that they believe in him. The moon was split as they requested and then re-joined, and the incident was reported by several eyewitnesses in different parts of the land; however, they still refused to believe, considering it magic.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ
Whenever they see a sign[2], they turn away and say, “Same old magic!”
[2] The prophets were given signs or miracles as a proof that they were commissioned by Allah. Moses (عليه السلام) was given the miracles of staff and a bright hand. Jesus (عليه السلام) would give life to the dead and heal the blind and the leper. Muhammad (ﷺ) was given the Qur’an, a literary miracle, challenging the masters of Arabic eloquence. Nonetheless, he (ﷺ) performed other miracles such as splitting the moon, increasing food and water, and healing some ailments.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ
They deny [the truth] and follow their desires, but every matter will reach its inevitable end.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ
There have already come to them stories [of destroyed nations] that are sufficient to deter them,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
which contain extensive wisdom, but the warnings are of no avail.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ
So turn away from them [O Prophet]. On the Day when the caller[3] will summon them to a horrific event[4],
[3] Isrāfīl, the angel assigned to blow the Trumpet and call all for resurrection. [4] i.e., Judgment Day.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ
with eyes downcast, they will come out of the graves like scattered locusts,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ
rushing headlong towards the caller. The disbelievers will say, “This is a hard Day!”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ
The people of Noah rejected [the truth] before them; they rejected Our slave and said, “He is a madman,” and he was intimidated.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ
So he called upon his Lord, “I am overpowered, so help me!”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ
So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ
and We caused the earth to burst forth with springs, then the waters met for a preordained purpose.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ
We carried him on an [Ark made] of planks and nails,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
sailing under Our [Watchful] Eyes; as a reward for the one [they] denied.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have certainly left it[5] as a sign; is there anyone to take heed?
[5] i.e., the punishment, the Flood, or the Ark.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Then how were My punishment and My warnings[6]?
[6] As a warning to those who came after them.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
‘Ād disbelieved. Then how were My punishment and My warnings?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ
We sent against them a furious wind[7] on a day of continuous misfortune,
[7] i.e., a tumultuous and screaming wind.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ
sweeping people away[8], as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.
[8] i.e., extracting them from the earth.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Then how were My punishment and My warnings?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
Thamūd rejected the warnings,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ
They said, “Shall we follow a single human being[9] from among us? Then we would surely be in error and insanity!
[9] i.e., Prophet Sālih (عليه السلام).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ
Has the revelation been sent down upon him out of all of us? Rather, he is an insolent liar.”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ
Tomorrow they will know who the insolent liar is.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ
We are sending the she-camel as a test for them, so watch them [O Sālih] and be patient,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ
and tell them that the water is to be shared between them[10]; each should take its drink in turn.
[10] i.e., one day for the tribe of Thamūd and one day for the she-camel.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called their companion[11], and he undertook the task[12] and hamstrung her.
[11] i.e., the worst among them.
[12] Or took his sword.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Then how [terrible] My punishment and My warnings were!
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ
We sent against them a single blast, leaving them like trampled hedge-building twigs[13].
[13] The people of Thamūd were crushed like trampled and trodden twigs and pieces of bush lying around an enclosure for cattle.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ
We sent against them a storm of pebbles, except the family of Lot whom We saved before dawn,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ
as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
He had already warned them of Our punishing assault, but they doubted the warnings.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
They even demanded that he let them have their way with his angel-guests[14], so We blinded their eyes, [saying], “Taste My punishment and My warnings!”
[14] Whom Allah sent in the form of handsome young men.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ
By the early morning a lasting torment overtook them.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Taste My punishment and My warnings!
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Indeed, warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ
But they rejected all of Our signs, so We seized them with the grip of the All-Mighty, Most Powerful.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ
Are your disbelievers [O Makkans] superior to those[15] or have you been granted immunity in divine Scriptures?
[15] i.e., those destroyed peoples.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ
Or do they say, “We are a united front, bound to prevail.”?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ
Soon their united front will be defeated, and they will flee[16].
[16] This foretold event was fulfilled in the Battle of Badr.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
But the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more catastrophic and more bitter.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ
Indeed, the wicked are in error and madness[17].
[17] Or "in the blazes of fire."
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
On the Day when they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, [they will be told], “Taste the agony of Hell[18]!”
[18] "Saqar" is one of the names of Hell.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ
We have surely created everything in a determined measure[19].
[19] Or perfectly preordained.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ
Our command is but a single word[20], which is fulfilled in the blink of an eye.
[20] Our command when We want something, We only say, "Be," and it is.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have destroyed many like you [O Makkans][21]; is there anyone to take heed?
[21] In rejecting Allah's messengers.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ
Everything they did is in the written records,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ
and everything, small or big, is written down.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and rivers[22],
[22] Rivers of water, honey, milk, and wine. See 47:15.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ
seated in honor in the presence of the Most Powerful Sovereign.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
 
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