Al-Qamar

اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ١

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ٢

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

وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣

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

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤

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

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ٥

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ٦

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

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ٧

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

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ٨

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

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ ٩

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ ١٠

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

فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ١١

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ١٢

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

وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ١٣

And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤

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

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٥

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

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٦

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

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٧

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

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٨

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

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ١٩

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

تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ٢٠

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