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.