Surah Al-Qamar, Ayah 41-55 — 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.
walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhuru
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zuburi
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣirun
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubura
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarru
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿurin
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..
yawma yus'ḥabūna fī l-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqara
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."
innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadarin
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣari
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakirin
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zuburi
And everything they did is in written records.
wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭarun
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaharin
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadirin
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.