Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر

   1

   The Hour has drawn near and the moon is split.

   iqtarabati s-sāʿatu wa-nshaqqa l-qamaru

2. وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر

   2

   If they see a sign, they turn away, and say, ‘An incessant magic!’

   wa-ʾin yaraw ʾāyatan yuʿriḍū wa-yaqūlū siḥrun mustamirrun

3. وكذبوا واتبعوا أهواءهم وكل أمر مستقر

   3

   They denied and followed their own desires, and every matter has a setting [appropriate to it].

   wa-kadhdhabū wa-ttabaʿū ʾahwāʾahum wa-kullu ʾamrin mustaqirrun

4. ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر

   4

   There have already come to them reports containing admonishment,

   wa-la-qad jāʾahum mina l-ʾanbāʾi mā fīhi muzdajarun

5. حكمة بالغة فما تغن النذر

   5

   [and representing] far-reaching wisdom; but warnings are of no avail!

   ḥikmatun bālighatun fa-mā tughni n-nudhuru

6. فتول عنهم يوم يدع الداع إلى شيء نكر

   6

   So turn away from them! The day when the Caller calls to a dire thing,

   fa-tawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu d-dāʿi ʾilā shayʾin nukurin