Surah Al-Qamar — Word by Word
القمر
The Moon
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamaru
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
wa-in yaraw āyatan yuʿ'riḍū wayaqūlū siḥ'run mus'tamirrun
And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.
ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin
So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashirun
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wa-uz'dujira
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamirin
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudira
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusurin
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufira
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakirin
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirrin
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
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