The Moon — Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Translation

54:1

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The Hour (The Arabic noun is feminine) has drawn near, and the moon (The Arabic noun is masculine) is cloven

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

54:2

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یُعۡرِضُوا۟ وَیَقُولُوا۟ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in case they see a sign, they veer away and say, "A continuous sorcery!"

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

54:3

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And they have cried lies and closely followed their prejudices; and every Command is settled

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

54:4

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَاۤءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed there have already come to them such tidings wherein there is a scaring

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

54:5

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَـٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

A consummate Wisdom; yet in no way do warnings avail

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ یَوۡمَ یَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So turn away from them. On the Day when the Caller will call to a highly maleficent thing

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

54:7

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

With most submissive be holdings, they will go out of the graves as if they were locusts spread abroad

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

54:8

مُّهۡطِعِینَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ یَقُولُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا یَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

With their heads protruding, (hurrying) to the Caller. The disbelievers will 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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The people of Nuh (Noah) cried lies before them; so they cried lies to Our bondman and said, "A madman, " and he was scared

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

54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنِّی مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So, he invoked his Lord, (saying), "I am overcome, so vindicate me!"

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

54:11

فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ أَبۡوَ ٰبَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بِمَاۤءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then We opened the gates of the heaven to torrential water

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamiri

54:12

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُیُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَاۤءُ عَلَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And We made the earth to erupt forth springs, so the waters met for a Command already estimated

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

54:13

وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And We carried him upon (an Ark), well planked and well caulked, (Literally: comprising planks and caulks, with nails

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

54:14

تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Running under Our Eyes, a recompense for him who was disbelieved. (i.e., between the she-camel and them

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

54:15

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We have already left it for a sign. Is there then any that will recollect

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

54:16

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

How then were My torment and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:17

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We have already made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. Is there then any that will recollect

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

54:18

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Aad cried lies. How then were My torment and My warnings

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:19

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely We sent against them a most clamorous wind in a day of ill-luck, continuous

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Plucking up mankind as if they were the stumps of uprooted palm-trees

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

54:21

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

How then were My torment and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:22

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We have already made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. Is there then any that will recollect

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

54:23

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thamud cried lies to the warnings

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

54:24

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So they said, "Should we closely follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Lo, surely we are indeed 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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Has the Remembrance been cast upon him (alone) from among us? No indeed, (but) 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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They will (soon) know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

54:27

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely We are sending the she-camel as a temptation for them; so be on the watch for them and constantly (endure) patiently

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And fully inform them that the water is to a (fair) division between them; (i.e., between the she-camel and them) each drinking is for each presented in turn

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

54:29

فَنَادَوۡا۟ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then they called out their companion, so he took upon himself (the task); then he hamstrung her

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

54:30

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

How then were My torment and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:31

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely We sent against them one Shout; so they were as the chaff of a pen-builder

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

54:32

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We have already made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. Is there then any that will recollect

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

54:33

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The people of Lut (Lot) cried lies to the warnings

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

54:34

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely We sent against them a (squall of) gravel, except the house of Lut; (LOt) We safely delivered them before dawn

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari

54:35

نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی مَن شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

A favor from Our Providence; thus We recompense him who thanks (Us)

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

54:36

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed he had warned them of Our assault, yet they wrangled about the warnings

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

54:37

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed they already solicited of him his guests, so We obliterated their eyes, (saying), "So taste My torment and My warnings!"

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:38

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed there already came upon them before sunrise a settled torment

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

54:39

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

"So taste My torment and My warnings!"

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:40

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We have already made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. Is there then any that will recollect

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

54:41

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed the warnings already came (also) to the house of Firaawn; (Pharaoh

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

54:42

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِیزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We took them (away) with the taking of an Ever-Mighty, Supreme Determiner

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadiri

54:43

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَاۤءَةࣱ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Are your steadfast disbelievers more charitable (3) than those ones? Or even do you have an acquittal (from torment) in the Zubur? (i.e., better

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

54:44

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِیعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Or do they say, "We, all together, will vindicate ourselves."

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

54:45

سَیُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Soon the gathering will be routed and (they) will turn their backs

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

54:46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

No indeed, (but) the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter

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

54:47

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely the criminals are in error and insanity

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:48

یَوۡمَ یُسۡحَبُونَ فِی ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The Day (when) they are pulled into the Fire on their faces, (It will be said), "Taste (now) the touch of Saqar!" (The Scorching Fire

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

54:49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely We created everything by a determined estimate

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

54:50

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in no way is Our Command anything except one (Word), as the twinkling of the eye. (Literally: the power of beholding

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

54:51

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We have already caused your sects to perish; is there then any that will recollect

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

54:52

وَكُلُّ شَیۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And everything they have performed is in the Zubur. (Scriptures

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And every small and great thing is judiciously inscribed

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

54:54

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely the pious will (dwell) among Gardens and Rivers

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

54:55

فِی مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِیكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In (secure) seat (s) of Sincerity, in the Providence of a Supreme Determiner, an Ever-Pervading King

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri

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