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ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ
The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
Iqtarabati assaAAatu wanshaqqaalqamar
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoowayaqooloo sihrun mustamirr
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
Wakaththaboo wattabaAAoo ahwaahumwakullu amrin mustaqirr
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i mafeehi muzdajar
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Hikmatun balighatun famatughnee annuthur
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu addaAAiila shay-in nukur
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoonamina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashir
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
MuhtiAAeena ila addaAAiyaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasir
۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ
The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinfakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun wazdujir
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun fantasir
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
Fafatahna abwaba assama-ibima-in munhamir
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonanfaltaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudir
وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
Wahamalnahu AAala thatialwahin wadusur
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaanliman kana kufir
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
Walaqad taraknaha ayatanfahal min muddakir
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kanaAAathabee wanuthur
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehansarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirr
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
Kaththabat thamoodu binnuthur
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidannattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalinwasuAAur
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
Aolqiya aththikru AAalayhimin baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashir
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabual-ashir
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatunbaynahum kullu shirbin muhtadar
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAatafaAAaqar
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatanwahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathir
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
Kaththabat qawmu lootin binnuthur
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasibanilla ala lootin najjaynahum bisahar
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalikanajzee man shakar
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
Walaqad antharahum batshatanafatamaraw binnuthur
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihifatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabeewanuthur
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthur
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna annuthur
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
Kaththaboo bi-ayatinakulliha faakhathnahum akhthaAAazeezin muqtadir
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
Akuffarukum khayrun min ola-ikumam lakum baraatun fee azzubur
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Or say they: We are a host victorious?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasir
سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona addubur
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalinwasuAAur
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
Yawma yushaboona fee annariAAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqar
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahubiqadar
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakumfahal min muddakir
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
Wakullu shay-in faAAaloohu fee azzubur
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatar
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatinwanahar
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekinmuqtadir