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Al-Qamar

القمر

Surah 54 Meccan 55 verses

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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    ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

    The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split asunder[1].

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    وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ

    Whenever they see a sign[1], they turn away and say, “Same old magic!”

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    وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

    They deny [the truth] and follow their desires, but every matter will reach its inevitable end.

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    وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ

    There have already come to them stories [of destroyed nations] that are sufficient to deter them,

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    حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    which contain extensive wisdom, but the warnings are of no avail.

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    فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ

    So turn away from them [O Prophet]. On the Day when the caller[1] will summon them to a horrific event[2],

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    خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ

    with eyes downcast, they will come out of the graves like scattered locusts,

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    مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ

    rushing headlong towards the caller. The disbelievers will say, “This is a hard Day!”

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    ۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ

    The people of Noah rejected [the truth] before them; they rejected Our slave and said, “He is a madman,” and he was intimidated.

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    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ

    So he called upon his Lord, “I am overpowered, so help me!”

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    فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ

    So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents,

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    وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ

    and We caused the earth to burst forth with springs, then the waters met for a preordained purpose.

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    وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ

    We carried him on an [Ark made] of planks and nails,

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    تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

    sailing under Our [Watchful] Eyes; as a reward for the one [they] denied.

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    وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

    We have certainly left it[1] as a sign; is there anyone to take heed?

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    فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Then how were My punishment and My warnings[1]?

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    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

    We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?

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    كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    ‘Ād disbelieved. Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

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    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ

    We sent against them a furious wind[1] on a day of continuous misfortune,

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    تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ

    sweeping people away[1], as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.

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    فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

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    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

    We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?

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    كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    Thamūd rejected the warnings,

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    فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ

    They said, “Shall we follow a single human being[1] from among us? Then we would surely be in error and insanity!

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    أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ

    Has the revelation been sent down upon him out of all of us? Rather, he is an insolent liar.”

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    سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ

    Tomorrow they will know who the insolent liar is.

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    إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ

    We are sending the she-camel as a test for them, so watch them [O Sālih] and be patient,

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    وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ

    and tell them that the water is to be shared between them[1]; each should take its drink in turn.

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    فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

    But they called their companion[1], and he undertook the task[2] and hamstrung her.

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    فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Then how [terrible] My punishment and My warnings were!

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    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ

    We sent against them a single blast, leaving them like trampled hedge-building twigs[1].

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    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

    We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?

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    كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

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    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ

    We sent against them a storm of pebbles, except the family of Lot whom We saved before dawn,

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    نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ

    as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.

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    وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    He had already warned them of Our punishing assault, but they doubted the warnings.

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    وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    They even demanded that he let them have their way with his angel-guests[1], so We blinded their eyes, [saying], “Taste My punishment and My warnings!”

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    وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

    By the early morning a lasting torment overtook them.

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    فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Taste My punishment and My warnings!

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    وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

    We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; is there anyone to take heed?

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    وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    Indeed, warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.

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    كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ

    But they rejected all of Our signs, so We seized them with the grip of the All-Mighty, Most Powerful.

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    أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

    Are your disbelievers [O Makkans] superior to those[1] or have you been granted immunity in divine Scriptures?

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    أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ

    Or do they say, “We are a united front, bound to prevail.”?

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    سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

    Soon their united front will be defeated, and they will flee[1].

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    بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

    But the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more catastrophic and more bitter.

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    إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ

    Indeed, the wicked are in error and blazes[1].

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    يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

    On the Day when they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, [they will be told], “Taste the agony of Hell[1]!”

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    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ

    We have surely created everything in a determined measure[1].

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    وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ

    Our command is but a single word[1], which is fulfilled in the blink of an eye.

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    وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ

    We have destroyed many like you [O Makkans][1]; is there anyone to take heed?

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    وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ

    Everything they did is in the written records,

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    وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ

    and everything, small or big, is written down.

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    إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ

    Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and rivers[1],

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    فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ

    seated in honor in the presence of the Most Powerful Sovereign.

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Translation: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.20.

Arabic text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. Surah details: Tanzil.net (CC BY 3.0).

This is a translation of the meanings of the Quran. Like any human work, it may contain errors.