Al-Qamar

iqtarabati As-sa'ah Wan shiqqa Al-qamaru

The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.

Wa-in yaro Ayah yoo-rif-oo Wa yaqooloo seh-r mustamir

But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."

wa kad-dhaboo ahwaahum wa kullu amr mustaqirrun

They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.

Wa-lakd Jaa-ahum min Al-Anbā ma fee-ye muzdjar

There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

Hikmah baleegah fama tughni An-nuthur

Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

fetaŭella yaum yad'u Ad-da'ee ila shay nookur

Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,

khosh'an absaaruhum yakhrujoon mina Al-aj-dath ka'annahum Jarad muntashir

They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

muhtieen ilaa yaqoolu Al-Kafirun hatha yaum asir

Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

kazzabat kablehum kawm fakazhdoo abdanā wa kaaloo majnoon Vazjura

Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.

fadaa annie maghlub fantasir

Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"

fafetahna Abu faith ba As-sama bima munhamir

So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

Vefajjarna Al-ard uyoonan faltaki Al-Maa amr Kad koodira

And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

Wahamalnaahu Ala zat Al-wa faith hin Vedosur

But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:

tajree be a'yoo nee na jaza limen kana kufira

She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

Tarkanahaa Ayah fahal min muddakir

And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?

Fak-yaf kana azabi Vanudhur

But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

Wa-lakd Yasarna Quran Lil-zikri fahal min muddakir

And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

kazzabat ad Fak-yaf kana azabi Vanudhur

The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

Inna alayhim rayhan sarsaran fay yaum nahs

For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

tanziu an-nas ka'annahum A'jazu nakh-l moon-ka-ir

Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).

Fak-yaf kana azabi Vanudhur

Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

Wa-lakd Yasarna Quran Lil-zikri fahal min muddakir

But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

kazzabat thamudu Bilnudhuri

The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

fakaloo abasharan minna and faith hedan Nattabee'hoo Inna eeza laffee dalal Vasur

For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!

a ulkiya Adh-Dhikr alayhi bajnina hu kazzābun ashir

"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"

saa-yal-moon gaden man-i Al-Kaththabu Al-ashiru

Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

mursilua An-nathati fitna lahum Fartakibhum wasabir

For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!

Wa nabbi'hum anna Al-maa Kismah kullu shirb muhtedar

And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

fanadou sahibehum fatatsaajaa fakara

But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).

Fak-yaf kana azabi Vanudhur

Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

Inna alayhim sayha and faith fakaanuu kahesheeme Al-muhtaziri

For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

Wa-lakd Yasarna Quran Lil-zikri fahal min muddakir

And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

kazzabat kawm Loot Bilnudhuri

The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

Inna alayhim haseeban Al Loot Najjeenaahum besahar

We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-

indena kaza faith leka najzee man shakara

As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.

Wa-lakd anzarahum batshatna Fatamarou Bilnudhuri

And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.

Wa-lakd ra faith vadoohoo an zayfeehee fatamsna a'yoonahum fathookoo azabi Vanudhur

And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

Wa-lakd sabahum bukrah azab mustaqirrun

Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

fathookoo azabi Vanudhur

"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

Wa-lakd Yasarna Quran Lil-zikri fahal min muddakir

And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

Wa-lakd jaa Al Fir'awn An-nuthur

To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

kazzaboo be-aa-ya-tee-naa kool-lihaa Fa-akhazh-nahum akhd muqtadir

The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

akufarukum khayr Ulaikum am baraa'a fay Al-zuburi

Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

am yaquloon nahnu Jamee Muntaseer

Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

sai-yuh-zamoo al-jam-u vai-yul-loo-an ad-dubura

Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

bele As-sa'ah mau'iduhum Wal-saa'ah edha wa amarr

Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

Inna Al-mujrimeen fay dalal vuh-soor-un

Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.

yaum yushaboon fay An-nar Ala Wujoohehim thoo-koo Massa sakara

The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"

kulla shay khalaqnah bekadar

Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

amrunaa illa and faith heda Kelemi bil-basari

And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.

Wa-lakd ahlakna ash-ya-oom fahal min muddakir

And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?

wa kullu shay fa'aloohoo fay Al-zuburi

All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):

wa kullu sagheer vakabir mustatar

Every matter, small and great, is on record.

Inna Al-muttaqeen fay Vanahar

As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,

fay mak'ad sedqin enda Malik muqtadir

In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.