سورة القمر
Surah Al-Qamar
The Moon
Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon) is the 54th surah of the Quran. It has 55 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَ ٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ﴿١﴾
Iqtarabati alssaʿatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
وَ إِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةࣰ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَ يَقُولُواْ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ﴿٢﴾
Wain yaraw ayatan yuʿridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
وَ كَذَّبُواْ وَ ٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ ۚ وَ كُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ﴿٣﴾
Wakaththaboo waittabaʿoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
وَ لَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ﴿٤﴾
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.
حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةࣱ ۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ﴿٥﴾
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ ۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ﴿٦﴾
Fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu alddaʿi ila shayin nukurin
So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ﴿٧﴾
Khushshaʿan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ﴿٨﴾
Muhtiʿeena ila alddaʿi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun ʿasirun
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَ قَالُواْ مَجۡنُونࣱ وَ ٱزۡدُجِرَ﴿٩﴾
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo ʿabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ﴿١٠﴾
Fadaʿa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ﴿١١﴾
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
وَ فَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ﴿١٢﴾
Wafajjarna alarda ʿuyoonan failtaqa almao ʿala amrin qad qudira
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
وَ حَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحࣲ وَ دُسُرࣲ﴿١٣﴾
Wahamalnahu ʿala thati alwahin wadusurin
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ﴿١٤﴾
Tajree biaʿyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
وَ لَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ﴿١٥﴾
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَ نُذُرِ﴿١٦﴾
Fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
وَ لَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ﴿١٧﴾
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَ نُذُرِ﴿١٨﴾
Kaththabat ʿadun fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri
ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ﴿١٩﴾
Inna arsalna ʿalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ﴿٢٠﴾
Tanziʿu alnnasa kaannahum aʿjazu nakhlin munqaʿirin
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَ نُذُرِ﴿٢١﴾
Fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
وَ لَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ﴿٢٢﴾
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ﴿٢٣﴾
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
Thamūd denied the warning.
فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرࣰا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدࣰا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذࣰا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَ سُعُرٍ﴿٢٤﴾
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiʿuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuʿurin
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ﴿٢٥﴾
Aolqiya alththikru ʿalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ﴿٢٦﴾
Sayaʿlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَ ٱصۡطَبِرۡ﴿٢٧﴾
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
وَ نَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ﴿٢٨﴾
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ﴿٢٩﴾
Fanadaw sahibahum fataʿata faʿaqara
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَ نُذُرِ﴿٣٠﴾
Fakayfa kana ʿathabee wanuthuri
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ﴿٣١﴾
Inna arsalna ʿalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
وَ لَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ﴿٣٢﴾
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ﴿٣٣﴾
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
The people of Lot denied the warning.
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطࣲ ۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ﴿٣٤﴾
Inna arsalna ʿalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ﴿٣٥﴾
Niʿmatan min ʿindina kathalika najzee man shakara
As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
وَ لَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ﴿٣٦﴾
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
وَ لَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَ نُذُرِ﴿٣٧﴾
Walaqad rawadoohu ʿan dayfihi fatamasna aʿyunahum fathooqoo ʿathabee wanuthuri
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
وَ لَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ﴿٣٨﴾
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan ʿathabun mustaqirrun
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَ نُذُرِ﴿٣٩﴾
Fathooqoo ʿathabee wanuthuri
So taste My punishment and warning.
وَ لَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ﴿٤٠﴾
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
وَ لَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ﴿٤١﴾
Walaqad jaa ala firʿawna alnnuthuru
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ﴿٤٢﴾
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha ʿazeezin muqtadirin
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةࣱ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ﴿٤٣﴾
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ﴿٤٤﴾
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeʿun muntasirun
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَ يُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ﴿٤٥﴾
Sayuhzamu aljamʿu wayuwalloona alddubura
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَ أَمَرُّ﴿٤٦﴾
Bali alssaʿatu mawʿiduhum waalssaʿatu adha waamarru
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَ سُعُرࣲ﴿٤٧﴾
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuʿurin
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..
يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ﴿٤٨﴾
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari ʿala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ﴿٤٩﴾
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
وَ مَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ﴿٥٠﴾
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
وَ لَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ﴿٥١﴾
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaʿakum fahal min muddakirin
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
وَ كُلُّ شَيۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ﴿٥٢﴾
Wakullu shayin faʿaloohu fee alzzuburi
And everything they did is in written records.
وَ كُلُّ صَغِيرࣲ وَ كَبِيرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ﴿٥٣﴾
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَ نَهَرࣲ﴿٥٤﴾
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ﴿٥٥﴾
Fee maqʿadi sidqin ʿinda maleekin muqtadirin
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah takes its name from the very first verse Wan shaqq al-Qamar, thereby implying that it is a Surah in which the word al-Qamar has occurred.
Period of Revelation
The incident of the shaqq-al-Qamar (splitting of the moon) that has been mentioned in it, determines its period of revelation precisely. The traditionists and commentators are agreed that this incident took place at Mina in Makkah about five years before the Holy Prophet's hijrah to Madinah.
Theme and Subject Matter
In this Surah the disbelievers of Makkah have been warned for their stubbornness which they had adopted against the invitation of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The amazing and wonderful phenomenon of the splitting of the Moon was a manifest sign of the truth that the Resurrection, of which the Holy Prophet was giving them the news, could take place and that it had approached near at hand. The great sphere of the Moon had split into two distinct parts in front of their very eyes. The two parts had separated and receded so much apart from each other that to the on-lookers one part had appeared on one side of the mountain and the other on the other side of it. Then, in an instant the two had rejoined. This was a manifest proof of the truth that the system of the Universe was neither eternal nor immortal, it could be disrupted. Huge stars and Planets could split asunder, disintegrate, collide with each other, and everything that had been depicted in the Quran In connection with the description of the details of Resurrection, could happen. Not only this : it was also a portent that the disintegration of the system of the Universe had begun and the time was near when Resurrection would take place. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) invited the people's attention to this event only with this object in view and asked them to mark it and be a witness to it. But the disbelievers described it as a magical illusion add persisted in their denial. For this stubbornness they have been reproached in this Surah.
At the outset it has been said: "These people neither believe in the admonition, nor learn a lesson from history, nor affirm faith after witnessing manifest signs with their eyes. Now they would believe only when Resurrection has taken place and they would be rushing out of their graves towards the Summoner on that Day."
Then, the stories of the people of Noah and of 'Ad and Thamud and of the peoples of Lot and the Pharaoh have been related briefly and they have been reminded of the terrible punishments that these nations suffered when they belied and disregarded the warnings given by the Prophets of God. After the narration of each story the refrain that has been provided is : "This Qur'an is an easy means of admonition, which if a nation takes to heart and thereby takes the Right Way, the torment that descended on the former nations could be avoided. But it would indeed be a folly if instead of heeding the admonition through this easy means, one persisted in heedlessness and disbelieved until one was overtaken by the torment itself."
Likewise, after citing admonitory precedents from the history of the former nations, the disbelievers of Makkah have been addressed and warned to this effect: "If you too adopt the same attitude and conduct for which the other nations have already been punished, why will you not be punished for it?Are you in any way a superior people that you should be treated differently from others? Or, have you received a deed of amnesty that you will not be punished for the crime for which others have been punished?And if you feel elated at your great numbers, you will soon see that these very numbers of yours are put to rout (on the battlefield) and on the Day of Resurrection you will be dealt with even more severely."
In the end, the disbelievers have been told that Allah does not need to make lengthy preparations to bring about Resurrection. No sooner does He give a simple command for it than it will take place immediately. Like everything else the Universe and mankind also have a destiny. According to this destiny everything happens at its own appointed time. It cannot be so that whenever somebody gives a challenge, Resurrection is brought about in order to convince him. If you adopt rebellion because you do not see it coming, you will only be adding to your own distress and misfortune. For your record which is being prepared by Divine agents, has not left any misdeed of yours, great or small, unrecorded.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran