Surah The Moon (al-Qamar) – Parallel Quran

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1. Judgment to overtake Opponents 54:1–22
2. Thamud and Lot's People 54:23–40
3. Pharaoh and the Prophet's Opponents 54:41–55

Section titles from Maulana Muhammad Ali, table of contents.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

1 Judgment to overtake Opponents

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

The Hour draws near; the moon is split in two

iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamar

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یُعۡرِضُوا۟ وَیَقُولُوا۟ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

Whenever the disbelievers see a sign, they turn away and say, ‘Same old sorcery!’

wa-in yaraw āyatan yuʿ'riḍū wayaqūlū siḥ'run mus'tamirru

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

They reject the truth and follow their own desires––everything is recorded––

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَاۤءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

although warning tales that should have restrained them have come down to them––

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَـٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

farreaching wisdom––but these warnings do not help

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ یَوۡمَ یَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

so [Prophet] turn away from them. On the Day the Summoner will summon them to a horrific event

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

eyes downcast, they will come out of their graves like swarming locust

khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashiru

مُّهۡطِعِینَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ یَقُولُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا یَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

rushing towards the Summoner. The disbelievers will cry, ‘This is a stern day!’

muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasiru

۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجۡنُونࣱ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ۝٩

The people of Noah rejected the truth before them: they rejected Our servant, saying, ‘He is mad!’ Noah was rebuked

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wa-uz'dujir

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنِّی مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

and so he called upon his Lord, ‘I am defeated: help me!’

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ أَبۡوَ ٰبَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بِمَاۤءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

So We opened the gates of the sky with torrential water

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamiri

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُیُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَاۤءُ عَلَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

burst the earth with gushing springs: the waters met for a preordained purpose

wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudir

وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

We carried him along on a vessel of planks and nail

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

that floated under Our watchful eye, a reward for the one who had been rejected

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

We have left this as a sign: will anyone take heed

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed

walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakiri

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

The people of 'Ad also rejected the truth. How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

We released a howling wind against them on a day of terrible disaster

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed

walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakiri

2 Thamud and Lot's People

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

فَقَالُوۤا۟ أَبَشَرࣰا مِّنَّا وَ ٰحِدࣰا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥۤ إِنَّاۤ إِذࣰا لَّفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرٍ ۝٢٤

they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥

Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’

a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashiru

سَیَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ۝٢٦

‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient

innā mur'silū l-nāqati fit'natan lahum fa-ir'taqib'hum wa-iṣ'ṭabi

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَیۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ ۝٢٨

Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’

wanabbi'hum anna l-māa qis'matun baynahum kullu shir'bin muḥ'taḍaru

فَنَادَوۡا۟ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓir

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed

walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakiri

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

The people of Lot rejected the warnings

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before daw

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari

نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی مَن شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

He warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warning

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

وَلَقَدۡ رَ ٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَیۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَاۤ أَعۡیُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٧

they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed

walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakiri

3 Pharaoh and the Prophet's Opponents

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

The people of Pharaoh also received warnings

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِیزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadiri

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَاۤءَةࣱ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣

‘Are your disbelievers any better than these? Were you given an exemption in the Scripture?’

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِیعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

Do they perhaps say, ‘We are a great army and we shall be victorious’

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

سَیُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

Their forces will be routed and they will turn tail and flee

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter

bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarr

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

truly the wicked are misguided and quite insane––

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

یَوۡمَ یُسۡحَبُونَ فِی ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

on the Day when they are dragged on their faces in Hell. ‘Feel the touch of Hell.’

yawma yus'ḥabūna fī l-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

We have created all things in due measure

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

when We ordain something it happens at once, in the blink of an eye

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

We have destroyed the likes of you in the past. Will anyone take heed

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

وَكُلُّ شَیۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

Everything they do is noted in their records

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

every action, great or small, is recorded

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

The righteous will live securely among Gardens and rivers

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

فِی مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِیكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

secure in the presence of an all-powerful Sovereign

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri

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