Surah Al-Qamar (سورة Al-Qamar)

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🌙 Middle Meccan · 615–619 CE📋 Revelation #54🟡 Hifz: Medium📗 Juz 27

Surah Al-Qamar (Arabic: سورة Al-Qamar, "The Moon") is the 54 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 55 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Qamar ("The Moon") is chapter 54 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 55 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 54:1

اِقۡتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانۡشَقَّ الۡقَمَرُ

iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamaru

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]

Verse 54:2

وَاِنۡ يَّرَوۡا اٰيَةً يُّعۡرِضُوۡا وَيَقُوۡلُوۡا سِحۡرٌ مُّسۡتَمِرٌّ

wa-in yaraw āyatan yuʿ'riḍū wayaqūlū siḥ'run mus'tamirrun

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic

Verse 54:3

وَكَذَّبُوۡا وَاتَّبَعُوۡ٘ا اَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ وَكُلُّ اَمۡرٍ مُّسۡتَقِرٌّ

wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement

Verse 54:4

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاَنۭۡ بَآءِ مَا فِيۡهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌۙ‏

walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence

Verse 54:5

حِكۡمَةٌۭ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغۡنِ النُّذُرُۙ‏

ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]

Verse 54:6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰي شَيۡءٍ نُّكُرٍۙ‏

fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin

So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding

Verse 54:7

خُشَّعًا اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡاَجۡدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٌ مُّنۡتَشِرٌۙ‏

khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashirun

Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading

Verse 54:8

مُّهۡطِعِيۡنَ اِلَي الدَّاعِؕ يَقُوۡلُ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٌ

muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun

Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day

Verse 54:9

كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوۡحٍ فَكَذَّبُوۡا عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُوۡا مَجۡنُوۡنٌ وَّازۡدُجِرَ

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wa-uz'dujira

The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled

Verse 54:10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗ٘ اَنِّيۡ مَغۡلُوۡبٌ فَانۡتَصِرۡ‏

fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir

So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help

Verse 54:11

فَفَتَحۡنَا٘ اَبۡوَابَ السَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنۡهَمِرٍؗۖ‏

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

Verse 54:12

وَّفَجَّرۡنَا الۡاَرۡضَ عُيُوۡنًا فَالۡتَقَي الۡمَآءُ عَلٰ٘ي اَمۡرٍ قَدۡ قُدِرَۚ‏

And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined

Verse 54:13

وَحَمَلۡنٰهُ عَلٰي ذَاتِ اَلۡوَاحٍ وَّدُسُرٍۙ‏

And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails

Verse 54:14

تَجۡرِيۡ بِاَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَنۡ كَانَ كُفِرَ

Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied

Verse 54:15

وَلَقَدۡ تَّرَكۡنٰهَا٘ اٰيَةً فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ

And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember

Verse 54:16

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيۡ وَنُذُرِ

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Verse 54:17

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Verse 54:18

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيۡ وَنُذُرِ

Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Verse 54:19

اِنَّا٘ اَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيۡحًا صَرۡصَرًا فِيۡ يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٍ مُّسۡتَمِرٍّۙ‏

Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune

Verse 54:20

تَنۡزِعُ النَّاسَۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ مُّنۡقَعِرٍ

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted

Verse 54:21

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيۡ وَنُذُرِ

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Verse 54:22

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍࣖ‏

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Verse 54:23

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ بِالنُّذُرِ

Thamud denied the warning

Verse 54:24

فَقَالُوۡ٘ا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗ٘ۙ اِنَّا٘ اِذًا لَّفِيۡ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ

And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness

Verse 54:25

ءَاُلۡقِيَ الذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۭۡ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ اَشِرٌ

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar

Verse 54:26

سَيَعۡلَمُوۡنَ غَدًا مَّنِ الۡكَذَّابُ الۡاَشِرُ

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

Verse 54:27

اِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةً لَّهُمۡ فَارۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَاصۡطَبِرۡؗ‏

Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient

Verse 54:28

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ اَنَّ الۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةٌۭ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ كُلُّ شِرۡبٍ مُّحۡتَضَرٌ

And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn]

Verse 54:29

فَنَادَوۡا صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطٰي فَعَقَرَ

But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her]

Verse 54:30

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِيۡ وَنُذُرِ

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

Verse 54:31

اِنَّا٘ اَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَكَانُوۡا كَهَشِيۡمِ الۡمُحۡتَظِرِ

Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen

Verse 54:32

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Verse 54:33

كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوۡطٍۭ بِالنُّذُرِ

The people of Lot denied the warning

Verse 54:34

اِنَّا٘ اَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا اِلَّا٘ اٰلَ لُوۡطٍؕ نَجَّيۡنٰهُمۡ بِسَحَرٍۙ‏

Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

Verse 54:35

نِّعۡمَةً مِّنۡ عِنۡدِنَاؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجۡزِيۡ مَنۡ شَكَرَ

As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful

Verse 54:36

وَلَقَدۡ اَنۡذَرَهُمۡ بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡا بِالنُّذُرِ

And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning

Verse 54:37

وَلَقَدۡ رَاوَدُوۡهُ عَنۡ ضَيۡفِهٖ فَطَمَسۡنَا٘ اَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوۡقُوۡا عَذَابِيۡ وَنُذُرِ

And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning

Verse 54:38

وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُمۡ بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسۡتَقِرٌّۚ‏

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

Verse 54:39

فَذُوۡقُوۡا عَذَابِيۡ وَنُذُرِ

So taste My punishment and warning

Verse 54:40

وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍࣖ‏

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

Verse 54:41

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ اٰلَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ النُّذُرُۚ‏

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning

Verse 54:42

كَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذۡنٰهُمۡ اَخۡذَ عَزِيۡزٍ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability

Verse 54:43

اَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٌ مِّنۡ اُولٰٓئِكُمۡ اَمۡ لَكُمۡ بَرَآءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِۚ‏

Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture

Verse 54:44

اَمۡ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيۡعٌ مُّنۡتَصِرٌ

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]

Verse 54:45

سَيُهۡزَمُ الۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّوۡنَ الدُّبُرَ

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat]

Verse 54:46

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَدۡهٰي وَاَمَرُّ

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter

Verse 54:47

اِنَّ الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَ فِيۡ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍۘ‏

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness

Verse 54:48

يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُوۡنَ فِي النَّارِ عَلٰي وُجُوۡهِهِمۡؕ ذُوۡقُوۡا مَسَّ سَقَرَ

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar

Verse 54:49

اِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Indeed, all things We created with predestination

Verse 54:50

وَمَا٘ اَمۡرُنَا٘ اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمۡحٍۭ بِالۡبَصَرِ

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye

Verse 54:51

وَلَقَدۡ اَهۡلَكۡنَا٘ اَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ

And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember

Verse 54:52

وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٍ فَعَلُوۡهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ

And everything they did is in written records

Verse 54:53

وَكُلُّ صَغِيۡرٍ وَّكَبِيۡرٍ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed

Verse 54:54

اِنَّ الۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ فِيۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَهَرٍۙ‏

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers

Verse 54:55

فِيۡ مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِنۡدَ مَلِيۡكٍ مُّقۡتَدِرٍࣖ‏

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability