Al-Qamar

Saheeh International

1. The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]

2. And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic

3. And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement

4. And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence

5. Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]

6. So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding

7. Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading

8. Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day

9. The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled

10. So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help

11. Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

12. And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined

13. And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails

14. Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied

15. And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember

16. And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

17. And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

18. Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning

19. Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune

20. Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted

21. And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

22. And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

23. Thamud denied the warning

24. And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness

25. Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar

26. They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

27. Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient

28. And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn]

29. But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her]

30. And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

31. Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen

32. And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

33. The people of Lot denied the warning

34. Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

35. As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful

36. And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning

37. And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning

38. And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

39. So taste My punishment and warning

40. And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

41. And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning

42. They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability

43. Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture

44. Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]

45. [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat]

46. But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter

47. Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness

48. The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar

49. Indeed, all things We created with predestination

50. And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye

51. And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember

52. And everything they did is in written records

53. And every small and great [thing] is inscribed

54. Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers

55. In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability