Al-Qamar

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

ʹIq̣tarabatis Saaʻatu wañ-shaq̣q̣al Q̣AMAR.

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

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

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

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Wa-kaẓẓaboo wattabaʻooo ʹahwaaaʹahum wa-kullu ʹamrim mustaq̣irr.

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

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

Wa-laq̣ad jaaaʹahum minal ʹambaaaʹi maa- feehi muzdajar.

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

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Ḥikmatum baalig̣atuñ famaa tug̣nin Nuẓur.

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

Fatawalla ʻanhum. Yawma yadʻud Daaʻi ʹilaa shayʹin nukur,

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

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

Khushshaʻan ʹabṣaaruhum yakhrujoona minal ʹajdaas̤i kaʹannahum jaraadum muñtashir.

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

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

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

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

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

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

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

Fadaʻaa Rabbahooo ʹannee mag̣loobuñ fañtaṣir!

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

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Fafataḥnaaa ʹabwaabas samaaaʹi bimaaaʹim munhamir.

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

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

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

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

وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

Wa-ḥamalnaahu ʻalaa ẓaati ʹalwaaḥiñw Wadusur,

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

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

Tajree biʹaʻyuninaa; jazaaaʹal limañ kaana kufir!

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

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Wa-laq̣at taraknaahaaa ʹAayatañ fahal mim muddakir?

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kaana ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur?

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Kaẓẓabat ʻAaduñ fakayfa kaana ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur.

ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaa ʻalayhim reeḥañ ṣarṣarañ fee Yawmi naḥsim mustamirr,

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

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Tañziʻun naasa kaʹannahum ʹaʻjaazu nakhlim muñq̣aʻir.

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kaana ʻaẓaabee wa-nuẓur?

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Kaẓẓabat S̤amoodu bin-Nuẓur.

Thamūd denied the warning.

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Faq̣aalooo ʹabasharam minnaa waaḥidan nattabiʻuhooo ʹinnaaa ʹiẓal lafee ḍalaaliñw wasuʻur!

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

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

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

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

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

Sayaʻlamoona g̣adam manil kaẓẓaabul ʹashir!

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

ʹInnaa mursilun naaq̣ati fitnatal lahum fartaq̣ibhum waṣṭabir!

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

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

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

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

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

Fanaadaw ṣaaḥibahum fataʻaaṭaa faʻaq̣ar.

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kaana ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur!

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaa ʻalayhim Ṣayḥatañw waaḥidatañ fakaanoo kahasheemil muḥtaz̤̣ir.

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

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Kaẓẓabat Q̣awmu Looṭim bin-Nuẓur.

The people of Lot denied the warning.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

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

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

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

Niʻmatam min ʻIñdinaa; kaẓaalika najzee mañ shakar.

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

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Wa-laq̣ad ʹañẓarahum̃ baṭshatanaa fatamaaraw bin-Nuẓur.

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

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

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

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

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Wa-laq̣ad ṣabbaḥahum̃ bukratan ʻAẓaabum mustaq̣irr:

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Faẓooq̣oo ʻAẓaabee wa-Nuẓur.

So taste My punishment and warning.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Wa-laq̣ad jaaaʹa ʹAala Firʻawnan nuẓur.

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Kaẓẓaboo biʹAayaatinaa kullihaa faʹakhaẓnaahum ʹakhẓa ʻAzeezim Muq̣tadir.

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

ʹAkuffaarukum khayrum min ʹulaaaʹikum ʹam lakum̃ baraaaʹatuñ fiz Zubur?

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

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

ʹAm yaq̣ooloona naḥnu jameeʻum muñtaṣir?

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

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

Sayuhzamul jamʻu wa-yuwalloonad dubur.

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

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

Balis Saaaʻatu mawʻiduhum was-Saaʻatu ʹadhaa wa-ʹamarr.

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

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

ʹInnal mujrimeena fee ḍalaaliñw wasuʻur.

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

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

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

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

ʹInnaa Kulla shayʹin khalaq̣naahu biq̣adar.

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

Wa-maaa ʹAmrunaaa ʹillaa waaḥidatuñ kalamḥim bil-baṣar.

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

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Wa-laq̣ad ʹahlaknaaa ʹashyaaʻakum fahal mim muddakir?

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

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Wa-kullu shayʹiñ faʻaloohu fiz Zubur:

And everything they did is in written records.

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

Wa-kullu ṣag̣eeriñw wakabeerim mustaṭar.

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena fee Jannaatiñw Wanahar,

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

Fee Maq̣ʻadi Ṣidq̣in ʻiñda Maleekim Muq̣tadir.

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