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54. Al-Qamar — The Moon

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 55 sections

  1. 54:1

    ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

    Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

    The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain

  2. 54:2

    وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةࣰ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ‏

    Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

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

  3. 54:3

    وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ‏

    Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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

  4. 54:4

    وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ

    Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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

  5. 54:5

    حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

    Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not

  6. 54:6

    فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ

    Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

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

  7. 54:7

    خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ‏

    KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

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

  8. 54:8

    مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ‏

    MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

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

  9. 54:9

    ۞كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونࣱ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ

    Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

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

  10. 54:10

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ

    FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

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

  11. 54:11

    فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ‏

    Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

    Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

  12. 54:12

    وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونࣰ ا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ

    Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

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

  13. 54:13

    وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ‏

    Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

    And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails

  14. 54:14

    تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

    Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

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

  15. 54:15

    وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ‏

    Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

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

  16. 54:16

    فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

  17. 54:17

    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ‏

    Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

  18. 54:18

    كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

  19. 54:19

    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحࣰ ا صَرۡصَرࣰ ا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ‏

    Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

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

  20. 54:20

    تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ‏

    TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

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

  21. 54:21

    فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

  22. 54:22

    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ‏

    Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

  23. 54:23

    كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

    (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

  24. 54:24

    فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرࣰ ا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدࣰ ا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذࣰ ا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَسُعُرٍ

    Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

    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

  25. 54:25

    أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ‏

    Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

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

  26. 54:26

    سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰ ا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ

    SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

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

  27. 54:27

    إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ

    Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

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

  28. 54:28

    وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ‏

    Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

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

  29. 54:29

    فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

    Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

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

  30. 54:30

    فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

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

  31. 54:31

    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ

    Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

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

  32. 54:32

    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ‏

    Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

  33. 54:33

    كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

    The folk of Lot rejected warnings

  34. 54:34

    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ‏

    Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

    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

  35. 54:35

    نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ

    NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

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

  36. 54:36

    وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

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

  37. 54:37

    وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

    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

  38. 54:38

    وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ‏

    Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

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

  39. 54:39

    فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

    Now taste My punishment after My warnings

  40. 54:40

    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ‏

    Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

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

  41. 54:41

    وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

    And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

  42. 54:42

    كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ

    Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

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

  43. 54:43

    أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةࣱ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

    Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

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

  44. 54:44

    أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ‏

    Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

    Or say they: We are a host victorious

  45. 54:45

    سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

    Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

    The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee

  46. 54:46

    بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

    Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

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

  47. 54:47

    إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ‏

    Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

    Lo! the guilty are in error and madness

  48. 54:48

    يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

    Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

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

  49. 54:49

    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ‏

    Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

    Lo! We have created every thing by measure

  50. 54:50

    وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ

    Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

  51. 54:51

    وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ‏

    Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

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

  52. 54:52

    وَكُلُّ شَيۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

    Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

    And every thing they did is in the scriptures

  53. 54:53

    وَكُلُّ صَغِيرࣲ وَكَبِيرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ

    Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

    And every small and great thing is recorded

  54. 54:54

    إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ‏

    Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

    Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers

  55. 54:55

    فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ

    Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

    Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.