Surah Al-Qamar

ٱقْتَرَبَتِٱلسَّاعَةُوَٱنشَقَّٱلْقَمَرُ

THE LAST HOUR draws near, and the moon is split asunder!

وَإِنيَرَوْا۟ءَايَةًۭيُعْرِضُوا۟وَيَقُولُوا۟سِحْرٌۭمُّسْتَمِرٌّۭ

But if they [who reject all thought of the Last Hour] were to see a sign [of its approach], they would turn aside and say, “An ever-recurring delusion!” –

وَكَذَّبُوا۟وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟أَهْوَآءَهُمْوَكُلُّأَمْرٍۢمُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ

for they are bent on giving it the lie, being always wont to follow their own desires. Yet everything reveals its truth in the end.

وَلَقَدْجَآءَهُممِّنَٱلْأَنۢبَآءِمَافِيهِمُزْدَجَرٌ

And withal, there has come unto them many a tiding that should have restrained [their arrogance]:

حِكْمَةٌۢبَٰلِغَةٌۭفَمَاتُغْنِٱلنُّذُرُ

far-reaching wisdom [was held out to them]: but [since] all warnings have been of no avail,

فَتَوَلَّعَنْهُمْيَوْمَيَدْعُٱلدَّاعِإِلَىٰشَىْءٍۢنُّكُرٍ

turn thou away from them. On the Day when the Summoning Voice will sum­mon [man] unto something that the mind cannot conceive,

خُشَّعًاأَبْصَٰرُهُمْيَخْرُجُونَمِنَٱلْأَجْدَاثِكَأَنَّهُمْجَرَادٌۭمُّنتَشِرٌۭ

they will come forth from their graves, with their eyes downcast, [swarming about] like locusts scattered [by the wind],

مُّهْطِعِينَإِلَىٱلدَّاعِيَقُولُٱلْكَٰفِرُونَهَٰذَايَوْمٌعَسِرٌۭ

running in con­fusion towards the Summoning Voice; [and] those who [now] deny the truth will exclaim, “Calamitous is this Day!”

كَذَّبَتْقَبْلَهُمْقَوْمُنُوحٍۢفَكَذَّبُوا۟عَبْدَنَاوَقَالُوا۟مَجْنُونٌۭوَٱزْدُجِرَ

[LONG] BEFORE those [who now deny resurrec­tion] did Noah’s people call it a lie; and they gave the lie to Our servant and said, “Mad is he!” - and he was repulsed.

فَدَعَارَبَّهُۥٓأَنِّىمَغْلُوبٌۭفَٱنتَصِرْ

Thereupon he called out to his Sustainer, “Verily, I am defeated; come Thou, then, to my succour!”

فَفَتَحْنَآأَبْوَٰبَٱلسَّمَآءِبِمَآءٍۢمُّنْهَمِرٍۢ

And so We caused the gates of heaven to open with water pouring down in torrents,

وَفَجَّرْنَاٱلْأَرْضَعُيُونًۭافَٱلْتَقَىٱلْمَآءُعَلَىٰٓأَمْرٍۢقَدْقُدِرَ

and caused the earth to burst forth with springs, so that the waters met for a purpose pre-ordained:

وَحَمَلْنَٰهُعَلَىٰذَاتِأَلْوَٰحٍۢوَدُسُرٍۢ

but him We bore on that [vessel] made of [mere] planks and nails,

تَجْرِىبِأَعْيُنِنَاجَزَآءًۭلِّمَنكَانَكُفِرَ

and it floated under Our eyes: a recom­pense for him who had been rejected with ingratitude.

وَلَقَدتَّرَكْنَٰهَآءَايَةًۭفَهَلْمِنمُّدَّكِرٍۢ

And, indeed, We have caused such [floating vessels] to remain forever a sign [of Our grace unto man]: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

فَكَيْفَكَانَعَذَابِىوَنُذُرِ

And how severe is the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!

وَلَقَدْيَسَّرْنَاٱلْقُرْءَانَلِلذِّكْرِفَهَلْمِنمُّدَّكِرٍۢ

Hence, indeed, We made this Qur’an easy to bear in mind: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?

كَذَّبَتْعَادٌۭفَكَيْفَكَانَعَذَابِىوَنُذُرِ

TO THE TRUTH gave the lie [the tribe of] Ad: and how severe was the suffering which I inflicted when My warnings were disregarded!

إِنَّآأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمْرِيحًۭاصَرْصَرًۭافِىيَوْمِنَحْسٍۢمُّسْتَمِرٍّۢ

Behold, We let loose upon them a raging storm wind on a day of bitter misfortune:

تَنزِعُٱلنَّاسَكَأَنَّهُمْأَعْجَازُنَخْلٍۢمُّنقَعِرٍۢ

it swept the people away as though they were palm-trunks uprooted: