اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ

Iqtarabatis Saa'atu wan shaqqal qamar

THE HOUR HAS come and split is the moon.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 1

"وَإِنْ يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ"

Wa iny yaraw aayatany yu'ridoo wa yaqooloo sihrum mustamirr

But if they see a sign they turn away, and say: "This is the same old lie continuing,"

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 2

"وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُسْتَقِرٌّ"

Wa kazzaboo wattaba'ooo ahwaaa'ahum; wa kullu amrim mustaqirr

And deny, and follow their own vain desires; but every matter is determined at its time.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 3

"وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ"

Wa laqad jaaa'ahum minal ambaaa'i maa feehi muzdajar

Messages deterring them from evil had come to them,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 4

"حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ"

Hikmatum baalighatun famaa tughnin nuzur

Containing consummate wisdom; yet warnings were of no avail.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 5

"فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُكُرٍ"

Fatawalla 'anhum; yawma yad'ud daa'i ilaa shai 'in nukur

So turn away from them. When on the Day the crier calls to the painful business,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 6

"خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُنْتَشِرٌ"

khushsha'an absaaruhum yakrujoona minal ajdaasi ka annahum jaraadum muntashir

They will come out of the graves with downcast eyes like an expanding swarm of locusts.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 7

"مُهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ"

Muhti'eena ilad daa'i yaqoolul kafiroona haazaa yawmun 'asir

They will hasten forward to the caller, gazes fixed. And the unbelievers will say: "This is the day of untold woe."

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 8

"۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ"

Kazzabat qablahum qawmu Noohin fakazzaboo 'abdanaa wa qaaloo majnoo nunw wazdujir

The people of Noah had denied before them, and had called Our votary a liar, and said: "He is possessed," and repulsed him.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 9

"فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ"

Fada'aa Rabbahooo annee maghloobun fantasir

So he prayed to his Lord: "I am helpless, deliver me."

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 10

"فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ"

Fafatahnaaa abwaabas sa maaa'i bimaa'im munhamir

And We opened up the flood gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 11

"وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ"

Wa fajjamal arda 'uyoonan faltaqal maaa'u 'alaaa amrin qad qudir

And We opened up the springs of the earth; and the waters met for a decreed end.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 12

"وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ"

Wa hamalnaahu 'alaa zaati alwaahinw wa dusur

But We bore him on a (vessel made) of planks and oakum,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 13

"تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَ"

Tajree bi a'yuninaa jazaaa 'al liman kaana kufir

Which sailed right under Our eyes: A recompense for him who had been denied.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 14

"وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ"

Wa laqat taraknaahaad aayatan fahal mim muddakir

And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who will be warned?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 15

"فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ"

Fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

How was then My punishment and My commination!

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 16

"وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ"

Wa laqad yassamal Quraana liz zikri fahal mimmuddakir

Easy have We made the Qur?an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 17

"كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ"

Kazzabat 'Aadun fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

The ?Ad had also disavowed. How was then My punishment and My commination!

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 18

"إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُسْتَمِرٍّ"

Innaa arsalnaa 'alaihim reehan sarsaran fee Yawmi nahsim mustamirr

We let loose against them a violent roaring wind on a day of ill omen, continuous,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 19

"تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ"

Tanzi;un naasa ka anna huma'jaazu nakhlim munqa'ir

Which snatched away men as though they were palm trees pulled out by the roots.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 20

"فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ"

'Fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

How was then My punishment and My commination!

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 21

"وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ"

Wa laqad yassamal Quraana liz zikri fahal mim muddakir

Easy have We made the Qur?an to understand: So is there any one who will pay heed?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 22

"كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ"

Kazzabat Samoodu binnuzur

The Thamud rejected the warnings,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 23

"فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِنَّا وَاحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ"

Faqaalooo a-basharam minnaa waahidan nattabi'uhooo innaa izal lafee dalaalinw wa su'ur

And said: "Should we follow only one man among us? In that case we shall he in error and insane.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 24

"أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ"

'A-ulqiyaz zikru 'alaihi mim baininaa bal huwa kazzaabun ashir

Was he the one of all of us to have been given the exposition? He is surely an impudent liar."

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 25

"سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ"

Sa-ya'lamoona ghadam manil kazzaabul ashir

"Tomorrow they will know who is the impudent liar!

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 26

"إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ"

Innaa mursilun naaqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

We shall send the she-camel to try them. So watch them, and be constant.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 27

"وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُحْتَضَرٌ"

Wa nabbi'hum annal maaa'a qismatum bainahum kullu shirbim muhtadar

Tell them that the water is to be apportioned between them (and her); and every turn of drinking will be fixed (for each)."

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 28

"فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ"

Fanaadaw saahibahum fata'aataa fa'aqar

But they called their commander, who seized and hamstrung her.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 29

"فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ"

Fakaifa kaana 'azaabee wa nuzur

How was then My punishment of which they had been warned?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 30

"إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ"

Innaaa arsalnaa 'alaihim saihatanw waahidatan fakaano kahasheemil muhtazir

We sent a single blast against them, and they were reduced to husks of a decayed fence.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 31

"وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ"

Wa laqad yassarnal quraana liz zikri fahal mim muddakir

Easy have We made the Qur?an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 32

"كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ"

Kazzabat qawmu lootim binnuzur

The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 33

"إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ"

Innaa arsalnaa 'alaihim haasiban illaaa aala Loot najjainaahum bisahar

We sent a stone-hurtling storm against them, except the family of Lot whom We saved in the early hours of the morning

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 34

"إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ"

Ni'matam min 'indinaa; kazaalika najzee man shakar

As a favour from Us. That is how We reward the grateful.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 35

"وَلَقَدْ أَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ"

Wa laqad anzarahum batshatanaa fatamaaraw binnuzur

He had warned them of Our might, but they passed over the warnings.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 36

"وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ"

Wa laqad raawadoohu 'andaifee fatamasnaaa a'yunahum fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur

They lusted after his guests, so We put out their eyes (and said): "Taste My punishment and My commination."

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 37

"وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُسْتَقِرٌّ"

Wa laqad sabbahahum bukratan 'azaabum mustaqirr

And early in the morning the decreed punishment came upon them.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 38

"فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ"

Fazooqoo 'azaabee wa nuzur

So now taste My punishment and My commination!

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 39

"وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ"

Wa laqad yassarnal Quraana liz zikri fahal mim muddakir

Easy have We made the Qur?an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 40

"وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ"

Wa laqad jaaa'a Aala Fir'awnan nuzur

The warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 41

"كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ"

Kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa kullihaa fa akhaznaahum akhza 'azeezim muqtadir

They rejected each one of Our signs. So We seized them with the grip of one mighty and powerful.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 42

"أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ"

Akuffaarukum khairum min ulaaa'ikum am lakum baraaa'atun fiz Zubur

Are the unbelievers among you any better than they? Or is there immunity for you in the Scriptures?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 43

"أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ"

Am yaqooloona nahnu jamee'um muntasir

Or do they say: "We are a well-accoutred army?"

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 44

"سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ"

Sa yuhzamul jam'u wa yuwalloonad dubur

The army will be routed and put to flight.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 45

"بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ"

Balis Saa'atu maw'iduhum was Saa'atu adhaa wa amarr

Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 46

"إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ"

Innal mujrimeena fee dalaalinw wa su'ur

Surely the sinners are misguided and insane.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 47

"يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ"

Yawma yushaboona fin Naari'alaa wujoohimim zooqoo massa saqar

On that Day they will be dragged into the fire faces foremost, (and told:) "Taste the feel of Hell."

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 48

"إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ"

Innaa kulla shai'in khalaqnaahu biqadar

We have indeed created all things by measure;

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 49

"وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ"

Wa maaa amrunaaa illaa waahidatun kalamhim bilbasar

And Our command is but one (word) swift as the winking of an eye.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 50

"وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ"

Wa laqad ahlaknaaa ashyaa'akum fahal mim muddakir

We have destroyed the likes of you in the past: So is there any one who will be warned?

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 51

"وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ"

Wa kullu shai'in fa'aloohu fiz Zubur

All things they do are (recorded) in the books;

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 52

"وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُسْتَطَرٌ"

Wa kullu sagheerinw wa kabeerim mustatar

All things small or great have been written down.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 53

"إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ"

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa nahar

Surely those who fear God and follow the straight path will be amidst gardens and light,

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 54

"فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيكٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ"

Fee maq'adi sidqin 'inda Maleekim Muqtadir

At the still centre in the proximity of the King all-powerful.

Surah Number : 54 , Ayat Number : 55