Sura 54: Al-Qamar (The Moon) القمر
Qalqala (echo)
Nasalization (ghunnah family)
Madd (extend 4-5)
Madd (necessary, 6)
Silent
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In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi
[54:1] The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.*
ٱقْتَرَبَتِiq'tarabatiٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuوَٱنشَقَّwa-inshaqqaٱلْقَمَرُl-qamaru ﴿١﴾
*54:1 This important sign of the approaching end of the world came to pass in 1969 when humans landed on the moon and brought pieces of the moon to earth. At the same time, God's mathematical Miracle of the Quran was being gradually unveiled. Traditional Muslims opposed it, since it exposed the fallacy of their practices (App. 25).
[54:2] Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, "Old magic."
وَإِنwa-inيَرَوْا۟yarawءَايَةًāyatanيُعْرِضُوا۟yuʿ'riḍūوَيَقُولُوا۟wayaqūlūسِحْرٌsiḥ'runمُّسْتَمِرٌّmus'tamirrun ﴿٢﴾
[54:3] They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūوَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūأَهْوَآءَهُمْahwāahumوَكُلُّwakulluأَمْرٍamrinمُّسْتَقِرٌّmus'taqirrun ﴿٣﴾
[54:4] Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.
وَلَقَدْwalaqadجَآءَهُمjāahumمِّنَminaٱلْأَنۢبَآءِl-anbāiمَاmāفِيهِfīhiمُزْدَجَرٌmuz'dajarun ﴿٤﴾
[54:5] Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain.
حِكْمَةٌۢḥik'matunبَـٰلِغَةٌbālighatunفَمَاfamāتُغْنِtugh'niٱلنُّذُرُl-nudhuru ﴿٥﴾
[54:6] Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.
فَتَوَلَّfatawallaعَنْهُمْʿanhumيَوْمَyawmaيَدْعُyadʿuٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿiإِلَىٰilāشَىْءٍshayinنُّكُرٍnukurin ﴿٦﴾
[54:7] With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.
خُشَّعًاkhushaʿanأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumيَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnaمِنَminaٱلْأَجْدَاثِl-ajdāthiكَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumجَرَادٌjarādunمُّنتَشِرٌmuntashirun ﴿٧﴾
[54:8] As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult day."
مُّهْطِعِينَmuh'ṭiʿīnaإِلَىilāٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿiيَقُولُyaqūluٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnaهَـٰذَاhādhāيَوْمٌyawmunعَسِرٌʿasirun ﴿٨﴾
[54:9] The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, "Crazy!" He was persecuted.
كَذَّبَتْkadhabatقَبْلَهُمْqablahumقَوْمُqawmuنُوحٍnūḥinفَكَذَّبُوا۟fakadhabūعَبْدَنَاʿabdanāوَقَالُوا۟waqālūمَجْنُونٌmajnūnunوَٱزْدُجِرَwa-uz'dujira ﴿٩﴾
[54:10] He implored his Lord, "I am oppressed; grant me victory."
فَدَعَاfadaʿāرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuأَنِّىannīمَغْلُوبٌmaghlūbunفَٱنتَصِرْfa-intaṣir ﴿١٠﴾
[54:11] We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water.
فَفَتَحْنَآfafataḥnāأَبْوَٰبَabwābaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiبِمَآءٍbimāinمُّنْهَمِرٍmun'hamirin ﴿١١﴾
[54:12] And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision.
وَفَجَّرْنَاwafajjarnāٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaعُيُونًاʿuyūnanفَٱلْتَقَىfal-taqāٱلْمَآءُl-māuعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَمْرٍamrinقَدْqadقُدِرَqudira ﴿١٢﴾
The Ark
[54:13] We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes.
وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُwaḥamalnāhuعَلَىٰʿalāذَاتِdhātiأَلْوَٰحٍalwāḥinوَدُسُرٍwadusurin ﴿١٣﴾
[54:14] It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
تَجْرِىtajrīبِأَعْيُنِنَاbi-aʿyunināجَزَآءًjazāanلِّمَنlimanكَانَkānaكُفِرَkufira ﴿١٤﴾
[54:15] We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَدwalaqadتَّرَكْنَـٰهَآtaraknāhāءَايَةًāyatanفَهَلْfahalمِنminمُّدَّكِرٍmuddakirin ﴿١٥﴾
[54:16] How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
فَكَيْفَfakayfaكَانَkānaعَذَابِىʿadhābīوَنُذُرِwanudhuri ﴿١٦﴾
[54:17] We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَدْwalaqadيَسَّرْنَاyassarnāٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaلِلذِّكْرِlildhik'riفَهَلْfahalمِنminمُّدَّكِرٍmuddakirin ﴿١٧﴾
[54:18] Ãd disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.
كَذَّبَتْkadhabatعَادٌʿādunفَكَيْفَfakayfaكَانَkānaعَذَابِىʿadhābīوَنُذُرِwanudhuri ﴿١٨﴾
[54:19] We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.
إِنَّآinnāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimرِيحًاrīḥanصَرْصَرًاṣarṣaranفِىfīيَوْمِyawmiنَحْسٍnaḥsinمُّسْتَمِرٍّmus'tamirrin ﴿١٩﴾
[54:20] It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.
تَنزِعُtanziʿuٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaكَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumأَعْجَازُaʿjāzuنَخْلٍnakhlinمُّنقَعِرٍmunqaʿirin ﴿٢٠﴾
[54:21] How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
فَكَيْفَfakayfaكَانَkānaعَذَابِىʿadhābīوَنُذُرِwanudhuri ﴿٢١﴾
[54:22] We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَدْwalaqadيَسَّرْنَاyassarnāٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaلِلذِّكْرِlildhik'riفَهَلْfahalمِنminمُّدَّكِرٍmuddakirin ﴿٢٢﴾
[54:23] Thamûd rejected the warnings.
كَذَّبَتْkadhabatثَمُودُthamūduبِٱلنُّذُرِbil-nudhuri ﴿٢٣﴾
[54:24] They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.
فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūأَبَشَرًاabasharanمِّنَّاminnāوَٰحِدًاwāḥidanنَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓnattabiʿuhuإِنَّآinnāإِذًاidhanلَّفِىlafīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinوَسُعُرٍwasuʿurin ﴿٢٤﴾
[54:25] "Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar."
أَءُلْقِىَa-ul'qiyaٱلذِّكْرُl-dhik'ruعَلَيْهِʿalayhiمِنۢminبَيْنِنَاbaynināبَلْbalهُوَhuwaكَذَّابٌkadhābunأَشِرٌashirun ﴿٢٥﴾
[54:26] They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.
سَيَعْلَمُونَsayaʿlamūnaغَدًاghadanمَّنِmaniٱلْكَذَّابُl-kadhābuٱلْأَشِرُl-ashiru ﴿٢٦﴾
[54:27] We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.
إِنَّاinnāمُرْسِلُوا۟mur'silūٱلنَّاقَةِl-nāqatiفِتْنَةًfit'natanلَّهُمْlahumفَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْfa-ir'taqib'humوَٱصْطَبِرْwa-iṣ'ṭabir ﴿٢٧﴾
[54:28] Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day.
وَنَبِّئْهُمْwanabbi'humأَنَّannaٱلْمَآءَl-māaقِسْمَةٌۢqis'matunبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumكُلُّkulluشِرْبٍshir'binمُّحْتَضَرٌmuḥ'taḍarun ﴿٢٨﴾
[54:29] But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.
فَنَادَوْا۟fanādawصَاحِبَهُمْṣāḥibahumفَتَعَاطَىٰfataʿāṭāفَعَقَرَfaʿaqara ﴿٢٩﴾
[54:30] Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.
فَكَيْفَfakayfaكَانَkānaعَذَابِىʿadhābīوَنُذُرِwanudhuri ﴿٣٠﴾
[54:31] We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
إِنَّآinnāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimصَيْحَةًṣayḥatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanفَكَانُوا۟fakānūكَهَشِيمِkahashīmiٱلْمُحْتَظِرِl-muḥ'taẓiri ﴿٣١﴾
[54:32] We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَدْwalaqadيَسَّرْنَاyassarnāٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaلِلذِّكْرِlildhik'riفَهَلْfahalمِنminمُّدَّكِرٍmuddakirin ﴿٣٢﴾
[54:33] The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
كَذَّبَتْkadhabatقَوْمُqawmuلُوطٍۭlūṭinبِٱلنُّذُرِbil-nudhuri ﴿٣٣﴾
[54:34] We showered them with rocks. Only Lot's family was saved at dawn.
إِنَّآinnāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimحَاصِبًاḥāṣibanإِلَّآillāءَالَālaلُوطٍlūṭinنَّجَّيْنَـٰهُمnajjaynāhumبِسَحَرٍbisaḥarin ﴿٣٤﴾
[54:35] We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.
نِّعْمَةًniʿ'matanمِّنْminعِندِنَاʿindināكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaنَجْزِىnajzīمَنmanشَكَرَshakara ﴿٣٥﴾
[54:36] He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.
وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَنذَرَهُمandharahumبَطْشَتَنَاbaṭshatanāفَتَمَارَوْا۟fatamārawبِٱلنُّذُرِbil-nudhuri ﴿٣٦﴾
[54:37] They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
وَلَقَدْwalaqadرَٰوَدُوهُrāwadūhuعَنʿanضَيْفِهِۦḍayfihiفَطَمَسْنَآfaṭamasnāأَعْيُنَهُمْaʿyunahumفَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūعَذَابِىʿadhābīوَنُذُرِwanudhuri ﴿٣٧﴾
[54:38] Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
وَلَقَدْwalaqadصَبَّحَهُمṣabbaḥahumبُكْرَةًbuk'ratanعَذَابٌʿadhābunمُّسْتَقِرٌّmus'taqirrun ﴿٣٨﴾
[54:39] Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūعَذَابِىʿadhābīوَنُذُرِwanudhuri ﴿٣٩﴾
[54:40] We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَدْwalaqadيَسَّرْنَاyassarnāٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaلِلذِّكْرِlildhik'riفَهَلْfahalمِنminمُّدَّكِرٍmuddakirin ﴿٤٠﴾
[54:41] Pharaoh's people were warned.
وَلَقَدْwalaqadجَآءَjāaءَالَālaفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaٱلنُّذُرُl-nudhuru ﴿٤١﴾
[54:42] They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should.
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināكُلِّهَاkullihāفَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْfa-akhadhnāhumأَخْذَakhdhaعَزِيزٍʿazīzinمُّقْتَدِرٍmuq'tadirin ﴿٤٢﴾
[54:43] Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture?
أَكُفَّارُكُمْakuffārukumخَيْرٌkhayrunمِّنْminأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْulāikumأَمْamلَكُمlakumبَرَآءَةٌbarāatunفِىfīٱلزُّبُرِl-zuburi ﴿٤٣﴾
[54:44] Perhaps they think, "We will be the winners."
أَمْamيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaنَحْنُnaḥnuجَمِيعٌjamīʿunمُّنتَصِرٌmuntaṣirun ﴿٤٤﴾
[54:45] All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
سَيُهْزَمُsayuh'zamuٱلْجَمْعُl-jamʿuوَيُوَلُّونَwayuwallūnaٱلدُّبُرَl-dubura ﴿٤٥﴾
[54:46] The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
بَلِbaliٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuمَوْعِدُهُمْmawʿiduhumوَٱلسَّاعَةُwal-sāʿatuأَدْهَىٰadhāوَأَمَرُّwa-amarru ﴿٤٦﴾
[54:47] Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell.
إِنَّinnaٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnaفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinوَسُعُرٍwasuʿurin ﴿٤٧﴾
[54:48] They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.
يَوْمَyawmaيُسْحَبُونَyus'ḥabūnaفِىfīٱلنَّارِl-nāriعَلَىٰʿalāوُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimذُوقُوا۟dhūqūمَسَّmassaسَقَرَsaqara ﴿٤٨﴾
[54:49] Everything we created is precisely measured.
إِنَّاinnāكُلَّkullaشَىْءٍshayinخَلَقْنَـٰهُkhalaqnāhuبِقَدَرٍbiqadarin ﴿٤٩﴾
[54:50] Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.
وَمَآwamāأَمْرُنَآamrunāإِلَّاillāوَٰحِدَةٌwāḥidatunكَلَمْحٍۭkalamḥinبِٱلْبَصَرِbil-baṣari ﴿٥٠﴾
[54:51] We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَهْلَكْنَآahlaknāأَشْيَاعَكُمْashyāʿakumفَهَلْfahalمِنminمُّدَّكِرٍmuddakirin ﴿٥١﴾
[54:52] Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.
وَكُلُّwakulluشَىْءٍshayinفَعَلُوهُfaʿalūhuفِىfīٱلزُّبُرِl-zuburi ﴿٥٢﴾
[54:53] Everything, small or large, is written down.
وَكُلُّwakulluصَغِيرٍṣaghīrinوَكَبِيرٍwakabīrinمُّسْتَطَرٌmus'taṭarun ﴿٥٣﴾
[54:54] Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.
إِنَّinnaٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnaفِىfīجَنَّـٰتٍjannātinوَنَهَرٍwanaharin ﴿٥٤﴾
[54:55] In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.
فِىfīمَقْعَدِmaqʿadiصِدْقٍṣid'qinعِندَʿindaمَلِيكٍmalīkinمُّقْتَدِرٍۭmuq'tadirin ﴿٥٥﴾