The Moon

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

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

Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, "Old magic."

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

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

They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirru

Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajaru

Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain.

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhur

Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukuri

With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

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

As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult day."

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

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

The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, "Crazy!" He was persecuted.

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

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

He implored his Lord, "I am oppressed; grant me victory."

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣi

We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water.

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamiri

And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision.

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

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

We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes.

وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri

It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir

We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri

How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

Ãd disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri

It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri

How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

Thamûd rejected the warnings.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur

They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

"Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar."

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

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

They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir

We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

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

Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

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

But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar

Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur

We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

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

We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur

We showered them with rocks. Only Lot's family was saved at dawn.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari

We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar

He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhur

They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhur

We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

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

Pharaoh's people were warned.

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhur

They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should.

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadiri

Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture?

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zubur

Perhaps they think, "We will be the winners."

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣiru

All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubur

The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

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

Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿuri

They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

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

Everything we created is precisely measured.

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadari

Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar

We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakiri

Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zubur

Everything, small or large, is written down.

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru

Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanahari

In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadiri