The Moon — Arthur John Arberry Translation

54:1

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

Arthur John Arberry

The Hour has drawn nigh: the moon is split

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

54:2

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یُعۡرِضُوا۟ وَیَقُولُوا۟ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

Arthur John Arberry

Yet if they see a sign they turn away, and they say 'A continuous sorcery!

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

54:3

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

Arthur John Arberry

They have cried lies, and followed their caprices; but every matter is settled

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

54:4

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَاۤءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

Arthur John Arberry

And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent -

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

54:5

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَـٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

Arthur John Arberry

a Wisdom far-reaching; yet warnings do not avail

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ یَوۡمَ یَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

Arthur John Arberry

So turn thou away from them. Upon the day when the Caller shall call unto a horrible thing

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

54:7

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

Arthur John Arberry

abasing their eyes, they shall come forth from the tombs as if they were scattered grasshoppers

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

54:8

مُّهۡطِعِینَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ یَقُولُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا یَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

Arthur John Arberry

running with outstretched necks to the Caller. The unbelievers shall say, 'This is a hard day!

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

54:9

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

Arthur John Arberry

The people of Noah cried lies before them; they cried lies to Our servant, and said, 'A man possessed!' And he was rejected

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

54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنِّی مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

Arthur John Arberry

And so he called unto his Lord, saying, 'I am vanquished; do Thou succour me!

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

54:11

فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ أَبۡوَ ٰبَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بِمَاۤءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

Arthur John Arberry

Then We opened the gates of heaven unto water torrential

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamiri

54:12

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُیُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَاۤءُ عَلَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

Arthur John Arberry

and made the earth to gush with fountains, and the waters met for a matter decreed

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

54:13

وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

Arthur John Arberry

And We bore him upon a well-planked vessel well-caulke

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

54:14

تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

Arthur John Arberry

running before Our eyes-a recompense for him denied

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

54:15

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

Arthur John Arberry

And We left it for a sign. Is there any that will remember

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

54:16

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

Arthur John Arberry

How then were My chastisement and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:17

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

Arthur John Arberry

Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

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

54:18

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

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Ad cried lies. How then were My chastisement and My warnings

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:19

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

Arthur John Arberry

We loosed against them a wind clamorous in a day of ill fortune continuous

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

Arthur John Arberry

plucking up men as if they were stumps of uprooted palm-trees

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

54:21

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

Arthur John Arberry

How then were My chastisement and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:22

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

Arthur John Arberry

Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

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

54:23

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

Arthur John Arberry

Thamood cried lies to the warning

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

54:24

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

Arthur John Arberry

and said, 'What, shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then indeed we should be in error and insanity

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:25

أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥

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Has the Reminder been cast upon him alone among us? Nay, rather he is an impudent liar.

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

54:26

سَیَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ۝٢٦

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'They shall surely know tomorrow who is the impudent liar

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

54:27

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

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They shall send the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch thou them and keep patience

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

54:28

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَیۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ ۝٢٨

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And tell them that the water is to be divided between them, each drink for each in turn

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

54:29

فَنَادَوۡا۟ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

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Then they called their comrade, and he took in hand, and hamstrung her

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

54:30

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

Arthur John Arberry

How then were My chastisement and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:31

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

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We loosed against them one Cry, and they were as the wattles of a pen-builder

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

54:32

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

Arthur John Arberry

Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

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

54:33

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

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The people of Lot cried lies to the warnings

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

54:34

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

Arthur John Arberry

We loosed against them a squall of pebbles except the folk of Lot; We delivered them at the dawn -

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari

54:35

نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی مَن شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

Arthur John Arberry

a blessing from Us; even so We recompense him who is thankful

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

54:36

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

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He had warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warnings

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

54:37

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

Arthur John Arberry

Even his guests they had solicited of him; so We obliterated their eyes, saying, 'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings!

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:38

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

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In the morning early there came upon them a settled chastisement

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

54:39

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

Arthur John Arberry

'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings!

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:40

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

Arthur John Arberry

Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

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

54:41

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

Arthur John Arberry

The warnings came also to Pharaoh's folk

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

54:42

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِیزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

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They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with the seizing of One mighty, omnipotent

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadiri

54:43

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَاۤءَةࣱ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣

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What, are your unbelievers better than those? Or have you an immunity in the Scrolls

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

54:44

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِیعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

Arthur John Arberry

Or do they say, 'We are a congregation that shall be succoured?

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

54:45

سَیُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

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Certainly the host shall be routed, and turn their backs

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

54:46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

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Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter

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

54:47

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

Arthur John Arberry

Surely the sinners are in error and insanity

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:48

یَوۡمَ یُسۡحَبُونَ فِی ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

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The day when they are dragged on their faces into the Fire: 'Taste now the touch of Sakar!

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

54:49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

Arthur John Arberry

Surely We have created everything in measure

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

54:50

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

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Our commandment is but one word, as the twinkling of an eye

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

54:51

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

Arthur John Arberry

We have destroyed the likes of you; is there any that will remember

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

54:52

وَكُلُّ شَیۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

Arthur John Arberry

Every thing that they have done is in the Scrolls

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

Arthur John Arberry

and everything, great and small, is inscribed

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

54:54

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

Arthur John Arberry

Surely the godfearing shall dwell amid gardens and a rive

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

54:55

فِی مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِیكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

Arthur John Arberry

in a sure abode, in the presence of a King Omnipotent

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri

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