The Moon — Talal Itani 2012 Translation

54:1

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

Talal Itani (2012)

The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split

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

54:2

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یُعۡرِضُوا۟ وَیَقُولُوا۟ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

Talal Itani (2012)

Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away, and say, 'Continuous magic.'

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

54:3

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوۤا۟ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

Talal Itani (2012)

They lied, and followed their opinions, but everything has its time

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

54:4

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَاۤءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

Talal Itani (2012)

And there came to them news containing a deterrent

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

54:5

حِكۡمَةُۢ بَـٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

Talal Itani (2012)

Profound wisdom—but warnings are of no avail

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ یَوۡمَ یَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

Talal Itani (2012)

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

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

54:7

خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

Talal Itani (2012)

Their eyes humiliated, they will emerge from the graves, as if they were swarming locusts

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

54:8

مُّهۡطِعِینَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ یَقُولُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا یَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

Talal Itani (2012)

Scrambling towards 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

Talal Itani (2012)

Before them the people of Noah disbelieved. They rejected Our servant, and said, 'Crazy,' and he was rebuked

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

54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنِّی مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

Talal Itani (2012)

So he appealed to his Lord, 'I am overwhelmed, so help me.'

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

54:11

فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ أَبۡوَ ٰبَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بِمَاۤءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

Talal Itani (2012)

So We opened the floodgates 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

Talal Itani (2012)

And We made the earth burst with springs, and the waters met for a purpose already destined

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

54:13

وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

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And We carried him on a craft of planks and nails

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

54:14

تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

Talal Itani (2012)

Sailing before Our eyes; a reward for him who was rejected

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

54:15

وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

Talal Itani (2012)

And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who would take heed

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

54:16

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

Talal Itani (2012)

So how were My punishment and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:17

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

Talal Itani (2012)

We made the Quran easy to learn. Is there anyone who would learn

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

54:18

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

Talal Itani (2012)

Aad denied the truth. So how were My punishment and My warnings

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:19

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

Talal Itani (2012)

We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, on a day of unrelenting misery

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

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Plucking the people away, as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

54:21

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

Talal Itani (2012)

So how were My punishment and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:22

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

Talal Itani (2012)

We made the Quran easy to remember. Is there anyone who would remember

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

54:23

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

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Thamood rejected the warnings

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

54:24

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

Talal Itani (2012)

They said, 'Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:25

أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥

Talal Itani (2012)

Was the message given to him, out of all of us? In fact, he is a wicked liar.'

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

54:26

سَیَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ۝٢٦

Talal Itani (2012)

They will know tomorrow who the wicked liar is

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

54:27

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

Talal Itani (2012)

We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and be patient

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

Talal Itani (2012)

And inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each share of drink made available

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

54:29

فَنَادَوۡا۟ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

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But they called their friend, and he dared, and he slaughtered

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

54:30

فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

Talal Itani (2012)

So how were My punishment and My warnings

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:31

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

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We sent against them a single Scream, and they became like crushed hay

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

54:32

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

Talal Itani (2012)

We made the Quran easy to understand. Is there anyone who would understand

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

54:33

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

Talal Itani (2012)

The people of Lot rejected the warnings

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

54:34

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

Talal Itani (2012)

We unleashed upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot; We rescued them at 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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A blessing from Us. Thus We reward the 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 onslaught, but they dismissed the warnings

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

54:37

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

Talal Itani (2012)

They even lusted for his guest, so We obliterated their eyes. 'So taste My punishment and My warnings.'

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:38

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

Talal Itani (2012)

Early morning brought upon them enduring punishment

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

54:39

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

Talal Itani (2012)

So taste My punishment and My warnings

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

54:40

وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

Talal Itani (2012)

We made the Quran easy to memorize. Is there anyone who would memorize

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

54:41

وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

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The warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

54:42

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِیزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

Talal Itani (2012)

They rejected Our signs, all of them, so We seized them—the seizure of an Almighty Omnipotent

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadiri

54:43

أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَیۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَاۤءَةࣱ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣

Talal Itani (2012)

Are your unbelievers better than all those? Or do you have immunity in the scriptures

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

54:44

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِیعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

Talal Itani (2012)

Or do they say, 'We are united, and we will be victorious'

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

54:45

سَیُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

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The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

54:46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

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The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter

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

54:47

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

Talal Itani (2012)

The wicked are in confusion and madness

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

54:48

یَوۡمَ یُسۡحَبُونَ فِی ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

Talal Itani (2012)

The Day when they are dragged upon their faces into the Fire: 'Taste the touch of Saqar.'

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

54:49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

Talal Itani (2012)

Everything We created is precisely measured

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

54:50

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

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And Our command is but once, like the twinkling of an eye

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

54:51

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

Talal Itani (2012)

We have destroyed your likes. Is there anyone who would ponder

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

54:52

وَكُلُّ شَیۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِی ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

Talal Itani (2012)

Everything they have done is in the Books

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

Talal Itani (2012)

Everything, small or large, is written down

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

54:54

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

Talal Itani (2012)

The righteous will be amidst gardens and rivers

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

54:55

فِی مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِیكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

Talal Itani (2012)

In an assembly of virtue, in the presence of an Omnipotent King

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri

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