القمر
The Moon
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
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 thamūdu bil-nudhuri
Thamūd denied the warning.
faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashirun
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashiru
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
innā mur'silū l-nāqati fit'natan lahum fa-ir'taqib'hum wa-iṣ'ṭabir
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
wanabbi'hum anna l-māa qis'matun baynahum kullu shir'bin muḥ'taḍarun
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqara
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓiri
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.
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 qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhuri
The people of Lot denied the warning.
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥarin
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakara
As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhuri
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirrun
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri
So taste 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?