Al-Qamar

اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ١

The Last Hour has drawn near and the moon has split into two.

وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ٢

And if they (the disbelievers) see a sign (a miracle), they turn their faces away and say: ‘This is the powerful magic ever running down through ages.’

وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣

And they have rejected (the truth even now) and followed their vain desires. And everything (that has been promised) is to take place at the appointed time.

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤

And indeed, the news has come to them (of the earlier communities) containing lessons of warning and admonition (on disbelief and disobedience).

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ٥

(This Qur’an) is perfect intellect and reason. Are the Warners still not of any benefit?

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ٦

So turn your face away from them. The Day when the caller (angel) will call towards the most detestable thing (the expanse of the last assembly),

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ٧

With eyes cast down, they will come out of their graves like scattered locusts,

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ٨

Rushing towards the caller running. The disbelievers will say: ‘This is a very hard Day.’

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ ٩

The people of Nuh (Noah) also denied before this. So they belied Our servant (Nuh [Noah], the Messenger) and said: ‘(He) is mad.’ And he was given threats.

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ ١٠

So he prayed to his Lord: ‘I am powerless (before the transgressions of my people) so exact revenge.’

فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ١١

Then We opened the gates of heaven with torrential rain.

وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ١٢

And We burst springs from the earth. So the water (of the earth and the heaven) collected for the same purpose that had been decreed already (for their destruction).

وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ١٣

And We carried him (Nuh [Noah]) in the (Ark) built with planks and nails,

تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤

Which floated before Our eyes (under Our security. All this) was done to exact revenge for him, Nuh (Noah), who was rejected.

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٥

And surely, We made (the ruins of the Deluge) subsist as a sign. So is there anyone who will think (and take advice)?

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٦

So how My torment and My warning were!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٧

And indeed, We have made the Qur’an easy for direction and guidance, but is there anyone who will take advice?

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٨

(The people of) ‘Ad too rejected (the Messengers). So how (awful) My torment (upon them) and My warning were!

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ١٩

Surely, We sent upon them a howling windstorm on a day of lasting evil (in their favour),

تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ٢٠

That plucked out people as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.