Sura 54: The Moon
(Al-Qamar)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر

The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.*

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وان يروا اية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر

Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, “Old magic.”

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وكذبوا واتبعوا اهواءهم وكل امر مستقر

They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.

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ولقد جاءهم من الانباء ما فيه مزدجر

Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.

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حكمة بالغة فما تغن النذر

Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain.

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فتول عنهم يوم يدع الداع الى شيء نكر

Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.

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خشعا ابصارهم يخرجون من الاجداث كانهم جراد منتشر

With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.

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مهطعين الى الداع يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر

As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult day.”

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كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر

The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, “Crazy!” He was persecuted.

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فدعا ربه اني مغلوب فانتصر

He implored his Lord, “I am oppressed; grant me victory.”

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ففتحنا ابواب السماء بماء منهمر

We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water.

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وفجرنا الارض عيونا فالتقى الماء على امر قد قدر

And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision.

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The Ark

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وحملناه على ذات الواح ودسر

We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes.

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تجري باعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر

It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.

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ولقد تركناها اية فهل من مدكر

We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?

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فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!

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ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?

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كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

‘Aad disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.

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انا ارسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر

We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.

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تنزع الناس كانهم اعجاز نخل منقعر

It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.

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فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!

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ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

We made the Quran easy to learn Does any of you wish to learn?

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كذبت ثمود بالنذر

Thamoud rejected the warnings.

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فقالوا ابشرا منا واحدا نتبعه انا اذا لفي ضلال وسعر

They said, “Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.

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االقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب اشر

“Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar.”

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سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الاشر

They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.

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انا مرسلو الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر

We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.

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ونبئهم ان الماء قسمة بينهم كل شرب محتضر

Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day.

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فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر

But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.

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فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.

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انا ارسلنا عليهم صيحة واحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر

We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.

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ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

We made the Quran easy to learn Does any of you wish to learn?

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كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر

The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

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انا ارسلنا عليهم حاصبا الا ال لوط نجيناهم بسحر

We showered them with rocks. Only Lot’s family was saved at dawn.

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نعمة من عندنا كذلك نجزي من شكر

We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.

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ولقد انذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر

He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.

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ولقد راودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا اعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.

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ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر

Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

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فذوقوا عذابي ونذر

Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.

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ولقد يسرنا القران للذكر فهل من مدكر

We made the Quran easy to learn Does any of you wish to learn?

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ولقد جاء ال فرعون النذر

Pharaoh’s people were warned.

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كذبوا باياتنا كلها فاخذناهم اخذ عزيز مقتدر

They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should.

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اكفاركم خير من اولئكم ام لكم براءة في الزبر

Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture?

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ام يقولون نحن جميع منتصر

Perhaps they think, “We will be the winners.”

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سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر

All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.

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بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة ادهى وامر

The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

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ان المجرمين في ضلال وسعر

Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell.

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يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر

They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.

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انا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر

Everything we created is precisely measured.

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وما امرنا الا واحدة كلمح بالبصر

Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.

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ولقد اهلكنا اشياعكم فهل من مدكر

We annihilated your counterparts Does any of you wish to learn?

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وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر

Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.

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وكل صغير وكبير مستطر

Everything, small or large, is written down.

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ان المتقين في جنات ونهر

Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.

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في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر

In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.

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