Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon) in English

1. خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر

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   they will emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts with a humbled look [in their eyes],

   khushshaʿan ʾabṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ʾajdāthi ka-ʾannahum jarādun muntashirun

2. مهطعين إلى الداع يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر

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   scrambling toward the summoner. The faithless will say, ‘This is a hard day!’

   muhṭiʿīna ʾilā d-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun

3. كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر

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   The people of Noah impugned before them. So they impugned Our servant and said, ‘A crazy man,’ and he was reviled.

   kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fa-kadhdhabū ʿabdanā wa-qālū majnūnun wa-zdujira

4. فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر

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   Thereat he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘I have been overcome, so help [me].’

   fa-daʿā rabbahū ʾannī maghlūbun fa-ntaṣir

5. ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر

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   Then We opened the gates of the sky with pouring waters,

   fa-fataḥnā ʾabwāba s-samāʾi bi-māʾin munhamirin

6. وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء على أمر قد قدر

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   and We made the earth burst forth with springs, and the waters met for a preordained purpose.

   wa-fajjarnā l-ʾarḍa ʿuyūnan fa-ltaqā l-māʾu ʿalā ʾamrin qad qudira

7. وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر

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   We bore him on a vessel made of planks and nails,

   wa-ḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti ʾalwāḥin wa-dusurin

8. تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر

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   which sailed [over the flood waters] in Our sight, as a retribution for him who was met with disbelief.

   tajrī bi-ʾaʿyuninā jazāʾan li-man kāna kufira

9. ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر

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   Certainly We have left it as a sign; so is there anyone who will be admonished?

   wa-la-qad taraknāhā ʾāyatan fa-hal min muddakirin

10. فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

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    So how were My punishment and warnings?

    fa-kayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa-nudhuri

11. ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

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    Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

    wa-la-qad yassarnā l-qurʾāna li-dh-dhikri fa-hal min muddakirin

12. كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

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    [The people of] ‘Ad impugned [their apostle]. So how were My punishment and warnings?

    kadhdhabat ʿādun fa-kayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa-nudhuri

13. إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر

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    Indeed We unleashed upon them an icy gale on an incessantly ill-fated day,

    ʾinnā ʾarsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mustamirrin

14. تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر

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    knocking down people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.

    tanziʿu n-nāsa ka-ʾannahum ʾaʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin

15. فكيف كان عذابي ونذر

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    So how were My punishment and warnings?!

    fa-kayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa-nudhuri

16. ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر

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    Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

    wa-la-qad yassarnā l-qurʾāna li-dh-dhikri fa-hal min muddakirin

17. كذبت ثمود بالنذر

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    [The people of] Thamud denied the warnings,

    kadhdhabat thamūdu bi-n-nudhuri

18. فقالوا أبشرا منا واحدا نتبعه إنا إذا لفي ضلال وسعر

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    and they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’

    fa-qālū ʾa-basharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhū ʾinnā ʾidhan la-fī ḍalālin wa-suʿurin

19. أألقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب أشر

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    ‘Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? No, he is a self-conceited liar.’

    ʾa-ʾulqiya dh-dhikru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhdhābun ʾashirun

20. سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر

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    ‘Tomorrow they will know who is a self-conceited liar.

    sa-yaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhdhābu l-ʾashiru

21. إنا مرسلو الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر

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    We are sending the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be steadfast.

    ʾinnā mursilū n-nāqati fitnatan lahum fa-rtaqibhum wa-ṣṭabir