English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 54 القمر
55 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ Verse 1
The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
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وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ Verse 2
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
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وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ Verse 3
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision.
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وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ Verse 4
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
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حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ Verse 5
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ Verse 6
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
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خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ Verse 7
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
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مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ Verse 8
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ Verse 9
The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
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فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ Verse 10
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
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فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ Verse 11
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
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وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ Verse 12
And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
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وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ Verse 13
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
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تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ Verse 14
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
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وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ Verse 15
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ Verse 16
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ Verse 17
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ Verse 18
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
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إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ Verse 19
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
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تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ Verse 20
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ Verse 21
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ Verse 22
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ Verse 23
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
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فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ Verse 24
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.
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أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ Verse 25
Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
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سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ Verse 26
(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
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إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ Verse 27
Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
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وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ Verse 28
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
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فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ Verse 29
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
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فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ Verse 30
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
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إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ Verse 31
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ Verse 32
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ Verse 33
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
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إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ Verse 34
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,
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نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ Verse 35
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
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وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ Verse 36
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
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وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ Verse 37
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!
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وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ Verse 38
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
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فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ Verse 39
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ Verse 40
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
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وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ Verse 41
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
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كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ Verse 42
Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
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أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَـٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ Verse 43
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ Verse 44
Or say they: We are a host victorious?
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سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ Verse 45
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
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بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ Verse 46
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
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إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ Verse 47
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
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يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ Verse 48
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
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إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ Verse 49
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
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وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ Verse 50
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
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وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ Verse 51
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
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وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ Verse 52
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
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وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ Verse 53
And every small and great thing is recorded.
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إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ Verse 54
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
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فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ Verse 55
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
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