Surah Al-Qamar

Verse 54:1

اِقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ۟

ʹIq̣tarabatis Saaʻatu wañ-shaq̣q̣al Q̣AMAR.

The Hour has drawn near and the moon was split ˹in two˺.

Verse 54:2

وَاِنْ یَّرَوْا اٰیَةً یُّعْرِضُوْا وَیَقُوْلُوْا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ۟

Wa-ʹiñy yaraw ʹaayatañy yuʻriḍoo wa-yaq̣ooloo siḥrum mustamirr.

Yet, whenever they see a sign, they turn away, saying, “Same old magic!”

Verse 54:3

وَكَذَّبُوْا وَاتَّبَعُوْۤا اَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ اَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ۟

Wa-kaẓẓaboo wattabaʻooo ʹahwaaaʹahum wa-kullu ʹamrim mustaq̣irr.

They rejected ˹the truth˺ and followed their own desires—and every matter will be settled—

Verse 54:4

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَنْۢبَآءِ مَا فِیْهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ۟ۙ

Wa-laq̣ad jaaaʹahum minal ʹambaaaʹi maa- feehi muzdajar.

even though the stories ˹of destroyed nations˺ that have already come to them are a sufficient deterrent.

Verse 54:5

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ۟ۙ

Ḥikmatum baalig̣atuñ famaa tug̣nin Nuẓur.

˹This Quran is˺ profound ˹in˺ wisdom, but warnings are of no benefit ˹to them˺.

Verse 54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ یَوْمَ یَدْعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰی شَیْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ۟ۙ

Fatawalla ʻanhum. Yawma yadʻud Daaʻi ʹilaa shayʹin nukur,

So turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺. ˹And wait for˺ the Day ˹when˺ the caller will summon ˹them˺ for something horrifying.

Verse 54:7

خُشَّعًا اَبْصَارُهُمْ یَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌ ۟ۙ

Khushshaʻan ʹabṣaaruhum yakhrujoona minal ʹajdaas̤i kaʹannahum jaraadum muñtashir.

With eyes downcast, they will come forth from the graves as if they were swarming locusts,

Verse 54:8

مُّهْطِعِیْنَ اِلَی الدَّاعِ ؕ یَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا یَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ۟

Muhṭiʻeena ʹilad Daaʻ! Yaq̣oolul kaafiroona ˹Haaẓaa Yawmun ʻasir.˺

rushing towards the caller. The disbelievers will cry, “This is a difficult Day!”

Verse 54:9

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ فَكَذَّبُوْا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوْا مَجْنُوْنٌ وَّازْدُجِرَ ۟

Kaẓẓabat q̣ablahum Q̣awmu Nooḥiñ fakaẓẓaboo ʻAbdanaa wa-q̣aaloo majnooñuw wazdujir.

Before them, the people of Noah denied ˹the truth˺ and rejected Our servant, calling ˹him˺ insane. And he was intimidated.

Verse 54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗۤ اَنِّیْ مَغْلُوْبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ ۟

Fadaʻaa Rabbahooo ʹannee mag̣loobuñ fañtaṣir!

So he cried out to his Lord, “I am helpless, so help ˹me˺!”

Verse 54:11

فَفَتَحْنَاۤ اَبْوَابَ السَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ۟ؗۖ

Fafataḥnaaa ʹabwaabas samaaaʹi bimaaaʹim munhamir.

So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring rain,

Verse 54:12

وَّفَجَّرْنَا الْاَرْضَ عُیُوْنًا فَالْتَقَی الْمَآءُ عَلٰۤی اَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ۟ۚ

Wa-fajjarnal ʹarḍa ʻuyoonañ faltaq̣al maaaʹu ʻalaaa ʹamriñ q̣ad q̣udir.

and caused the earth to burst with springs, so the waters met for a fate already set.

Verse 54:13

وَحَمَلْنٰهُ عَلٰی ذَاتِ اَلْوَاحٍ وَّدُسُرٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-ḥamalnaahu ʻalaa ẓaati ʹalwaaḥiñw Wadusur,

We carried him on that ˹Ark made˺ of planks and nails,

Verse 54:14

تَجْرِیْ بِاَعْیُنِنَا ۚ جَزَآءً لِّمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَ ۟

Tajree biʹaʻyuninaa; jazaaaʹal limañ kaana kufir!

sailing under Our ˹watchful˺ Eyes—a ˹fair˺ punishment on behalf of the one ˹they˺ denied.

Verse 54:15

وَلَقَدْ تَّرَكْنٰهَاۤ اٰیَةً فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۟

Wa-laq̣at taraknaahaaa ʹAayatañ fahal mim muddakir?

We certainly left this as a sign. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

Verse 54:16

فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَنُذُرِ ۟

Fakayfa kaana ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur?

Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

Verse 54:17

وَلَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad yassarnal Q̣urʹaana liẓ-Ẓikri fahal mim muddakir?

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

Verse 54:18

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَنُذُرِ ۟

Kaẓẓabat ʻAaduñ fakayfa kaana ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur.

’Ȃd ˹also˺ rejected ˹the truth˺. Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

Verse 54:19

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ رِیْحًا صَرْصَرًا فِیْ یَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ۟ۙ

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaa ʻalayhim reeḥañ ṣarṣarañ fee Yawmi naḥsim mustamirr,

Indeed, We sent against them a furious wind, on a day of unrelenting misery,

Verse 54:20

تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ ۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنْقَعِرٍ ۟

Tañziʻun naasa kaʹannahum ʹaʻjaazu nakhlim muñq̣aʻir.

that snatched people up, leaving them like trunks of uprooted palm trees.

Verse 54:21

فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَنُذُرِ ۟

Fakayfa kaana ʻaẓaabee wa-nuẓur?

Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

Verse 54:22

وَلَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۟۠

Wa-laq̣ad yassarnal Q̣urʹaana liẓ-Ẓikri fahal mim muddakir?

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

Verse 54:23

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِالنُّذُرِ ۟

Kaẓẓabat S̤amoodu bin-Nuẓur.

Thamûd rejected the warnings ˹as well˺,

Verse 54:24

فَقَالُوْۤا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗۤ ۙ اِنَّاۤ اِذًا لَّفِیْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ ۟

Faq̣aalooo ʹabasharam minnaa waaḥidan nattabiʻuhooo ʹinnaaa ʹiẓal lafee ḍalaaliñw wasuʻur!

arguing, “How can we follow one ˹average˺ human being from among us? We would then truly be misguided and insane.

Verse 54:25

ءَاُلْقِیَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَیْهِ مِنْ بَیْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ اَشِرٌ ۟

ʹA-ʹulq̣iyaẓ Ẓikru ʻalayhi mim bayninaa bal huwa kaẓẓaabun ʹashir!

Has the revelation been sent down ˹only˺ to him out of ˹all of˺ us? In fact, he is a boastful liar.”

Verse 54:26

سَیَعْلَمُوْنَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْاَشِرُ ۟

Sayaʻlamoona g̣adam manil kaẓẓaabul ʹashir!

˹It was revealed to Ṣâliḥ,˺ “They will soon know who the boastful liar is.

Verse 54:27

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ ۟ؗ

ʹInnaa mursilun naaq̣ati fitnatal lahum fartaq̣ibhum waṣṭabir!

We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them ˹closely˺, and have patience.

Verse 54:28

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ اَنَّ الْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَیْنَهُمْ ۚ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ۟

Wa-nabbiʹhum ʹannal maaaʹa q̣ismatum baynahum: kullu shirbim muḥtaḍar.

And tell them that the ˹drinking˺ water must be divided between them ˹and her˺, each taking a turn to drink ˹every other day˺.”

Verse 54:29

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطٰی فَعَقَرَ ۟

Fanaadaw ṣaaḥibahum fataʻaaṭaa faʻaq̣ar.

But they roused a companion of theirs, so he dared to kill ˹her˺.

Verse 54:30

فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَنُذُرِ ۟

Fakayfa kaana ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur!

Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

Verse 54:31

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَكَانُوْا كَهَشِیْمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ ۟

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaa ʻalayhim Ṣayḥatañw waaḥidatañ fakaanoo kahasheemil muḥtaz̤̣ir.

Indeed, We sent against them ˹only˺ one ˹mighty˺ blast, leaving them like the twigs of fence-builders.

Verse 54:32

وَلَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad yassarnal Q̣urʹaana liẓ-Ẓikri fahal mim muddakir?

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

Verse 54:33

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ ۟

Kaẓẓabat Q̣awmu Looṭim bin-Nuẓur.

The people of Lot ˹also˺ rejected the warnings.

Verse 54:34

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ حَاصِبًا اِلَّاۤ اٰلَ لُوْطٍ ؕ نَجَّیْنٰهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ ۟ۙ

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaa ʻalayhim ḥaaṣiban ʹillaaa ʹaala Looṭ; najjaynaahum̃ bisaḥar,―

We unleashed upon them a storm of stones. As for ˹the believers of˺ Lot’s family, We delivered them before dawn

Verse 54:35

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا ؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِیْ مَنْ شَكَرَ ۟

Niʻmatam min ʻIñdinaa; kaẓaalika najzee mañ shakar.

as a blessing from Us. This is how We reward whoever gives thanks.

Verse 54:36

وَلَقَدْ اَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad ʹañẓarahum̃ baṭshatanaa fatamaaraw bin-Nuẓur.

He had already warned them of Our ˹crushing˺ blow but they disputed the warnings.

Verse 54:37

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوْهُ عَنْ ضَیْفِهٖ فَطَمَسْنَاۤ اَعْیُنَهُمْ فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِیْ وَنُذُرِ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad raawadoohu ʻañ ḍayfihee faṭamasnaaa ʹaʻyunahum faẓooq̣oo ʻAẓaabee wa-nuẓur.

And they even demanded his angel-guests from him, so We blinded their eyes. ˹And they were told,˺ “Taste then My punishment and warnings!”

Verse 54:38

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ۟ۚ

Wa-laq̣ad ṣabbaḥahum̃ bukratan ʻAẓaabum mustaq̣irr:

And indeed, by the early morning they were overwhelmed by an unrelenting torment.

Verse 54:39

فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِیْ وَنُذُرِ ۟

Faẓooq̣oo ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur.

˹Again they were told,˺ “Taste now My punishment and warnings!”

Verse 54:40

وَلَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۟۠

Wa-laq̣ad yassarnal Q̣urʹaana liẓ-Ẓikri fahal mim muddakir?

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

Verse 54:41

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ ۟ۚ

Wa-laq̣ad jaaaʹa ʹAala Firʻawnan nuẓur.

And indeed, the warnings ˹also˺ came to the people of Pharaoh.

Verse 54:42

كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ اَخْذَ عَزِیْزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ۟

Kaẓẓaboo biʹAayaatinaa kullihaa faʹakhaẓnaahum ʹakhẓa ʻAzeezim Muq̣tadir.

˹But˺ they rejected all of Our signs, so We seized them with the ˹crushing˺ grip of the Almighty, Most Powerful.

Verse 54:43

اَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَیْرٌ مِّنْ اُولٰٓىِٕكُمْ اَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَآءَةٌ فِی الزُّبُرِ ۟ۚ

ʹAkuffaarukum khayrum min ʹulaaaʹikum ʹam lakum̃ baraaaʹatuñ fiz Zubur?

Now, are you ˹Meccan˺ disbelievers superior to those ˹destroyed peoples˺? Or have you ˹been granted˺ immunity ˹from punishment˺ in divine Books?

Verse 54:44

اَمْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ نَحْنُ جَمِیْعٌ مُّنْتَصِرٌ ۟

ʹAm yaq̣ooloona naḥnu jameeʻum muñtaṣir?

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

Verse 54:45

سَیُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَیُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ ۟

Sayuhzamul jamʻu wa-yuwalloonad dubur.

˹Soon˺ their united front will be defeated and ˹forced to˺ flee.

Verse 54:46

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰی وَاَمَرُّ ۟

Balis Saaaʻatu mawʻiduhum was-Saaʻatu ʹadhaa wa-ʹamarr.

Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.

Verse 54:47

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ ۟ۘ

ʹInnal mujrimeena fee ḍalaaliñw wasuʻur.

Indeed, the wicked are ˹entrenched˺ in misguidance, and ˹are bound for˺ blazes.

Verse 54:48

یَوْمَ یُسْحَبُوْنَ فِی النَّارِ عَلٰی وُجُوْهِهِمْ ؕ ذُوْقُوْا مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۟

Yawma yus-ḥaboona fin Naari ʻalaa wujoohihim: ẓooq̣oo massa Saq̣ar!

On the Day they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, ˹they will be told,˺ “Taste the touch of Hell!”

Verse 54:49

اِنَّا كُلَّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقْنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ ۟

ʹInnaa Kulla shayʹin khalaq̣naahu biq̣adar.

Indeed, We have created everything, perfectly preordained.

Verse 54:50

وَمَاۤ اَمْرُنَاۤ اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ ۟

Wa-maaa ʹAmrunaaa ʹillaa waaḥidatuñ kalamḥim bil-baṣar.

Our command is but a single word, done in the blink of an eye.

Verse 54:51

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشْیَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad ʹahlaknaaa ʹashyaaʻakum fahal mim muddakir?

We have already destroyed the likes of you. So will any ˹of you˺ be mindful?

Verse 54:52

وَكُلُّ شَیْءٍ فَعَلُوْهُ فِی الزُّبُرِ ۟

Wa-kullu shayʹiñ faʻaloohu fiz Zubur:

Everything they have done is ˹listed˺ in ˹their˺ records.

Verse 54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِیْرٍ وَّكَبِیْرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ۟

Wa-kullu ṣag̣eeriñw wakabeerim mustaṭar.

Every matter, small and large, is written ˹precisely˺.

Verse 54:54

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَهَرٍ ۟ۙ

ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena fee Jannaatiñw Wanahar,

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and rivers,

Verse 54:55

فِیْ مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِیْكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ۟۠

Fee Maq̣ʻadi Ṣidq̣in ʻiñda Maleekim Muq̣tadir.

at the Seat of Honour in the presence of the Most Powerful Sovereign.