The Moon — Edward Henry Palmer Translation

54:1

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

Edward Henry Palmer

The Hour draws nigh, and the moon is split asunder

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

54:2

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یُعۡرِضُوا۟ وَیَقُولُوا۟ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

Edward Henry Palmer

But if they see a sign they turn aside and say, 'Magic, continuous!

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

54:3

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

Edward Henry Palmer

And they call it a lie and follow their lusts; but every matter is settled

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

54:4

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَاۤءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

Edward Henry Palmer

There has come to them some information with restraint in it

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

54:5

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَـٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

Edward Henry Palmer

wisdom far-reaching - but warners avail not

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ یَوۡمَ یَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

Edward Henry Palmer

But turn thy back on them! The day when the caller shall call to an awkward thing

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

54:7

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

Edward Henry Palmer

Humbly casting down their looks shall they come forth from their graves, as though they were locusts scattered abroad

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

54:8

مُّهۡطِعِینَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ یَقُولُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا یَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

Edward Henry Palmer

Hurrying forwards to the caller! the misbelievers shall say, 'This is a difficult day!

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

54:9

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

Edward Henry Palmer

Noah's people before them called (the apostles) liars; they called our servant a liar; and they said, 'Mad!' and he was rejected

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

54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنِّی مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

Edward Henry Palmer

And he called upon his Lord, 'Verily, I am overcome, come then to my help!

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

54:11

فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ أَبۡوَ ٰبَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بِمَاۤءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

Edward Henry Palmer

And we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring down

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamiri

54:12

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُیُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَاۤءُ عَلَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

Edward Henry Palmer

And we made the earth burst forth in springs, and the waters met at a bidding already decreed

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

54:13

وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

Edward Henry Palmer

But we bore him on the thing of planks and nails

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

54:14

تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

Edward Henry Palmer

sailing on beneath our eyes, a reward for him who had been disbelieved

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

54:15

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

Edward Henry Palmer

And we left it a sign;- but is there any one who will mind

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

54:16

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

Edward Henry Palmer

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fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:17

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

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

54:18

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

Edward Henry Palmer

'Ad called the apostles liars, and how was my punishment and my warning

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:19

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

Edward Henry Palmer

Verily, we sent on them a cold storm wind on a day of continuous ill-luck

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

Edward Henry Palmer

It reft men away as though they had been palm stumps torn up

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

54:21

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

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fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:22

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

Edward Henry Palmer

We have made the Qur'an easy as a reminder - but is there any one who will mind

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

54:23

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

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Thamud called the warnings lies

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

54:24

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

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and said, 'A mortal, one of us, alone, shall we follow him? then indeed were we in error and excitement

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:25

أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥

Edward Henry Palmer

'Is the warning cast on him alone among us? nay, he is an insolent 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 know to-morrow about the insolent liar

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

54:27

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

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'Verily, we are about to send the she-camel as a trial for them, then watch them and have 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 inform them that the water is shared between them (and her); each draught shall be sought by turns.

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 companion, and he plied (a knife) and hamstrung her

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

54:30

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

Edward Henry Palmer

Then how was my punishment and my warning

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:31

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

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Verily, we sent against them one noise, and they were like the dry sticks of him who builds a fold

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

54:32

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

Edward Henry Palmer

We have made the Qur'an easy as a reminder - but is there any one who will mind

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

54:33

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

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Lot's people called the apostles liars

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

54:34

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

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verily, we sent against them a heavy sand storm; all, save Lot's family, we saved them at the dawn

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari

54:35

نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی مَن شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

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As a favour from us; so do we reward him who gives thanks

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

54:36

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

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He indeed had warned them of our assault, but they doubted of the warning

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

54:37

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

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And they desired his guest, and we put out their eyes.- 'So taste ye my torment and warning!

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:38

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

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And there overtook them on the morning a settled punishment!

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

54:39

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

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'So taste ye my torment and warning!

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:40

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

Edward Henry Palmer

We have made the Qur'an easy as a reminder - but is there any one who will mind

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

54:41

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

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The warning came to Pharaoh's people

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

54:42

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِیزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

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they called, our signs all lies, and we seized on them with the seizing of a mighty powerful one

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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Are your misbelievers better than they? or have ye an exemption in the Scriptures

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

54:44

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِیعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

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Or do they say we are a victorious company

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

54:45

سَیُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

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The whole shall be routed and shall turn their backs in flight

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

54:46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

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Nay, the Hour is their promised time! and the Hour is most severe and bitter

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

54:47

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

Edward Henry Palmer

Verily, the sinners are in error and excitement

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:48

یَوۡمَ یُسۡحَبُونَ فِی ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

Edward Henry Palmer

On the day when they shall be dragged to the fire upon their faces!- 'Taste ye the touch of hell.

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

54:49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

Edward Henry Palmer

Verily, everything have we created by decree

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

54:50

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

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and our bidding is but one (word), like the twinkling of an eye

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

54:51

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

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We have destroyed the like of you - but is there any who will mind

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

54:52

وَكُلُّ شَیۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

Edward Henry Palmer

And everything they do is in the books

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

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and everything small and great is written down

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

54:54

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

Edward Henry Palmer

Verily, the pious shall be amid gardens and rivers

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

54:55

فِی مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِیكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

Edward Henry Palmer

in the seat of truth, with the powerful king

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri

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