The Moon — Samy Mahdy Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Judgment to overtake Opponents

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

The Hour has come near, and the moon split.

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

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یُعۡرِضُوا۟ وَیَقُولُوا۟ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

And if they see a verse, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”

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

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

And they falsified, and followed their desires, and every matter was settled.

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَاۤءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

And there came to them from the news, what within it is a rebuking.

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَـٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

A far-reaching Wisdom, so the warnings do not avail.

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ یَوۡمَ یَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

So turn away from them. On a Day when the Caller calls to something denial.

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

Their sights humbled, they are exiting from the burial sites, as if they were locusts spreading.

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

مُّهۡطِعِینَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ یَقُولُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا یَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

They race ahead to the Caller, the infidels say, “This is a difficult Day.”

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

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

Before them Noah’s kinfolk falsified. So, they falsified Our slave and said, “Madman,” and he was rebuked.

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنِّی مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

So he called his Lord, “I am being overcome, so victory me.”

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ أَبۡوَ ٰبَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بِمَاۤءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

So We opened the sky doors with the pouring down water.

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamiri

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُیُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَاۤءُ عَلَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

And We burst the earth springs, so the waters met for a matter already measured.

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

وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

And We carried him on a possessor of panels and nails.

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

Running with Our eyes; a recompense for him (Noah), whom they disbelieved in.

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

And We left it as a verse. So, is there anyone who remembers?

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

So how were My torment and My warnings?

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

And We already have eased the Quran for the reminder. So, is there anyone who would remember?

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

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

Aad falsified, so how were My torment and My warnings?

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

Surely, We sent against them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune.

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

Taking off the people, as they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

So how were My torment and My warnings?

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

And We already have eased the Quran for the reminder. So, is there anyone who would remember?

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

2 Thamud and Lot's People

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

Thamud falsified, with the warnings.

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

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

So they said, "Is one humankind from us, we should follow? Surely, we would then be in astray and madness.

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥

Was the reminder thrown upon him, from between us? Nay, but he is an evil liar.”

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

سَیَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ۝٢٦

They will know tomorrow who is the evil liar?

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

Surely, We are sending the she-camel as infatuation for them, so watch for them 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

And inform them that the water is divided between them; each drink was appointed to attend (Between the she-camel and them).

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

فَنَادَوۡا۟ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

So they called out their friend, so he took the dare, so he hamstrung (it).

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

So how were My torment and My warnings?

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

So We sent, against them a single shout, so they became like the broken dry stubble fragments.

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

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

And We already have eased the Quran for the reminder. So, is there anyone who would remember?

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

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

Lot’s kinfolk falsified the warnings.

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

Surely, We sent against them a stone storm, except Lot’s folk, We saved them before dawn.

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari

نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی مَن شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

A grace from Us. Thus, We recompensed who was thankful.

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

And he already had warned them of Our annihilating, so they were skeptical by the warnings.

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

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

And they seduced him with his guests, so We obliterated their eyes. “So, taste My torment and My warnings.”

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

And in the early morning seized them a settled torment.

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

So taste My torment and My warnings.

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

And We already have eased the Quran for the reminder. So, is there anyone who would remember?

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

3 Pharaoh and the Prophet's Opponents

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

And already the warnings came to Pharaoh’s folk.

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِیزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

They falsified with Our verses, all of them, so We took them, with the seizing of One mighty, omnipotent.

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadiri

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَاۤءَةࣱ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣

Are your infidels better than all those? Or do you have innocence in the Zaboors (the Scriptures)?

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِیعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

Or do they say, “We are all together victorious”?

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

سَیُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

The gathering will be defeated, and will turn away their back.

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more disastrous, and most strong.

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

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

Surely the criminals are within astray and insanity.

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

یَوۡمَ یُسۡحَبُونَ فِی ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

On a day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces: “Taste the touch of Saqar.”

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

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

Surely everything We created is with a measure.

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

And Our command is not except one, like a glance of the sight.

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

And already We have destroyed like your sects. So, is there anyone who would remember?

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

وَكُلُّ شَیۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

And everything they did is in the Zaboors (the Scriptures).

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

And every small or grand, is written in lines.

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

Surely the pious are in paradises and rivers.

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

فِی مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِیكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

In a seat of truth, at an Omnipotent King.

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri

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