Sura al-Qamar

54:1. The Last Hour has drawn near, and the moon was split (in two).

اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر

54:2. If they (the disbelievers) see a (miraculous) sign, they turn away and say: ‘(This is) the same (old) magic.’

وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر

54:3. They reject (the truth) and follow their desires. So, every matter has an appropriate setting.

وكذبوا واتبعوا أهواءهم وكل أمر مستقر

54:4. Indeed, the reports (of destroyed nations) that contain (sufficient) deterrents have already come to them.

ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر

54:5. (There is) far-reaching wisdom (in these reports), but warnings are of no benefit (to them).

حكمة بالغة فما تغن النذر

54:6. So, turn away from them (and wait for) the Day when the caller (angel) calls them to something horrible.

فتول عنهم يوم يدع الداع إلى شيء نكر

54:7. With their eyes humbled, they will come out of their graves like scattered locusts,

خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر

54:8. rushing towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: ‘This is a difficult day.’

مهطعين إلى الداع يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر

54:9. The people of Nuh (Noah) rejected (the truth) before them. So they denied Our servant and called (him): ‘crazy’, and he was intimidated.

كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر

54:10. Then he called upon his Lord, saying: ‘Indeed, I have been overcome (by the transgressors), so help (me).’

فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر

54:11. So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring down.

ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر

54:12. And We caused the earth to burst out with springs, and the waters (from all sides) met for a determined matter.

وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء على أمر قد قدر

54:13. And We carried him (i.e. Noah) upon a thing built with planks and nails (i.e. the Ark),

وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر

54:14. floating (over the flood waters) under Our eyes. (This was) retribution for the one who was rejected.

تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر

54:15. Indeed, We have left it as a sign. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر

54:16. Then how (terrible) were My punishment and My warnings!

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

54:17. Certainly, We have made the Qur’an easy to remember (by simplifying its lessons). So, is there anyone who will be mindful?

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

54:18. (The people of) ‘Ad (also) rejected (their messenger). Then how (terrible) were My punishment and My warnings!

كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

54:19. Indeed, We sent upon them a howling tornado on a day of (their) terrible misfortune,

إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر

54:20. knocking down people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.

تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر

54:21. Then how (terrible) were My punishment and My warnings!

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

54:22. Certainly, We have made the Qur’an easy to remember (by simplifying its lessons). So, is there anyone who will be mindful?

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

54:23. (The people of) Thamud (also) rejected the warnings.

كذبت ثمود بالنذر

54:24. They said: ‘Are we to follow a single human being from among us? Then, we would certainly be in error and madness.

فقالوا أبشرا منا واحدا نتبعه إنا إذا لفي ضلال وسعر

54:25. Has the revelation been sent to him (only) from among us? Instead, he is an insolent liar.’

أؤلقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب أشر

54:26. By tomorrow, they will soon know who the insolent liar is.

سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر

54:27. We are sending the she-camel as a trial for them. So, watch them (O Salih) and remain patient.

إنا مرسلوا الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر

54:28. Inform them that the water is to be shared between them. Every (share of the) drink will be attended (in equitable proportion).

ونبئهم أن الماء قسمة بينهم كل شرب محتضر

54:29. But they roused a companion of theirs. So he took (a sword) in (his) hand and hamstrung (the camel).

فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر

54:30. Then how (terrible) were My punishment and My warnings!

فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

54:31. Indeed, We sent upon them (only) one mighty blast, and they became like the dry sticks of the fence builder.

إنا أرسلنا عليهم صيحة واحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر

54:32. Certainly, We have made the Qur’an easy to remember (by simplifying its lessons). So, is there anyone who will be mindful?

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

54:33. (Then,) the people of Lut (Lot) rejected the warnings.

كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر

54:34. We sent a storm of stone upon them except the family of Lut (Lot). We saved them (from the torment) at dawn,*

* All members of Prophet Lot’s family were saved except his wife.

إنا أرسلنا عليهم حاصبا إلا آل لوط نجيناهم بسحر

54:35. as a blessing from Us. Thus, We reward those who give thanks.

نعمة من عندنا كذلك نجزي من شكر

54:36. He had already warned them of Our strike, but they disputed the warnings.

ولقد أنذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر

54:37. They even tried to turn him away from his (angel) guests (to snatch them from him). So We blinded their eyes, (saying:) ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings.’

ولقد راودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا أعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

54:38. Indeed, an abiding punishment visited them early in the morning.

ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر

54:39. (Then it was said to them:) ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings.’

فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

54:40. Certainly, We have made the Qur’an easy to remember (by simplifying its lessons). So, is there anyone who will be mindful?

ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

54:41. Indeed, the warnings (also) came to the people of Pharaoh,

ولقد جاء آل فرعون النذر

54:42. who denied all Our signs. So, We seized them with the crushing grip of the All-Mighty, the Most-Powerful.

كذبوا بآياتنا كلها فأخذناهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر

54:43. Are your disbelievers better than those (before), or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

أكفاركم خير من أولئكم أم لكم براءة في الزبر

54:44. Or do they say: ‘We (all) are a victorious confederate (to be dominant over the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him)’?

أم يقولون نحن جميع منتصر

54:45. Soon, their united front will be defeated (in the battle of Badr), and they will turn (their) backs, fleeing.

سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر

54:46. But the Hour is their appointed time. And the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.

بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر

54:47. Indeed, the guilty are in error and madness.

إن المجرمين في ضلال وسعر

54:48. The Day they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (they will be told:) ‘Taste the touch of Hell.’

يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر

54:49. Indeed, We have created everything according to a (precisely) programmed measure.

إنا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر

54:50. And Our command is nothing but a single (word) like the twinkling of an eye.

وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر

54:51. Indeed, We have destroyed the likes of you. So, is there anyone who will be mindful?

ولقد أهلكنا أشياعكم فهل من مدكر

54:52. Everything they have done is in the books (of deeds).

وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر

54:53. And every (thing), small or big, is noted (in their record).

وكل صغير وكبير مستطر

54:54. Indeed, the God-conscious shall be (rejoicing) in gardens and rivers,

إن المتقين في جنات ونهر

54:55. at the Seat of Honour (or in the Worthy Abode) in the presence of the Most-Powerful Sovereign.

في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر