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Al-Qamar

Vers: 1

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.

Vers: 2

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.

Vers: 3

وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

They deny [the truth] and follow their desires, but every matter will reach its inevitable end.

Vers: 4

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ

There have already come to them stories [of destroyed nations] that are sufficient to deter them,

Vers: 5

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

which contain extensive wisdom, but the warnings are of no avail.

Vers: 6

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.

Vers: 7

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ

with eyes downcast, they will come out of the graves like scattered locusts,

Vers: 8

مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ

rushing headlong towards the caller. The disbelievers will say, “This is a hard Day!”

Vers: 9

۞ 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.

Vers: 10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ

So he called upon his Lord, “I am overpowered, so help me!”

Vers: 11

فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ

So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents,

Vers: 12

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.

Vers: 13

وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ

We carried him on an [Ark made] of planks and nails,

Vers: 14

تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

sailing under Our [Watchful] Eyes; as a reward for the one [they] denied.

Vers: 15

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.

Vers: 16

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Then how were My punishment and My warnings^[6]?

[6] As a warning to those who came after them.

Vers: 17

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?

Vers: 18

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

‘Ād disbelieved. Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

Vers: 19

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.

Vers: 20

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.

Vers: 21

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

Vers: 22

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?

Vers: 23

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Thamūd rejected the warnings,

Vers: 24

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).

Vers: 25

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.”

Vers: 26

سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ

Tomorrow they will know who the insolent liar is.

Vers: 27

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,

Vers: 28

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.

Vers: 29

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.

Vers: 30

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Then how [terrible] My punishment and My warnings were!

Vers: 31

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.

Vers: 32

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?

Vers: 33

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

Vers: 34

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,

Vers: 35

نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ

as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.

Vers: 36

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

He had already warned them of Our punishing assault, but they doubted the warnings.

Vers: 37

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.

Vers: 38

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

By the early morning a lasting torment overtook them.

Vers: 39

فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Taste My punishment and My warnings!

Vers: 40

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?

Vers: 41

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Indeed, warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.

Vers: 42

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.

Vers: 43

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.

Vers: 44

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ

Or do they say, “We are a united front, bound to prevail.”?

Vers: 45

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.

Vers: 46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

But the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more catastrophic and more bitter.

Vers: 47

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ

Indeed, the wicked are in error and madness^[17].

[17] Or "in the blazes of fire."

Vers: 48

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.

Vers: 49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ

We have surely created everything in a determined measure^[19].

[19] Or perfectly preordained.

Vers: 50

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.

Vers: 51

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.

Vers: 52

وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

Everything they did is in the written records,

Vers: 53

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ

and everything, small or big, is written down.

Vers: 54

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.

Vers: 55

فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ

seated in honor in the presence of the Most Powerful Sovereign.