Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon) in English

1. وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر

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   and Our command is but a single [word], like the twinkling of an eye.

   wa-mā ʾamrunā ʾillā wāḥidatun ka-lamḥin bi-l-baṣari

2. ولقد أهلكنا أشياعكم فهل من مدكر

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   Certainly We have destroyed your likes. So is there anyone who will be admonished?

   wa-la-qad ʾahlaknā ʾashyāʿakum fa-hal min muddakirin

3. وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر

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   Everything they have done is in the books,

   wa-kullu shayʾin faʿalūhu fī z-zuburi

4. وكل صغير وكبير مستطر

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   and everything big and small is committed to writing.

   wa-kullu ṣaghīrin wa-kabīrin mustaṭarun

5. إن المتقين في جنات ونهر

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   Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and streams,

   ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī jannātin wa-naharin

6. في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر

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   in the abode of truthfulness with an omnipotent King.

   fī maqʿadi ṣidqin ʿinda malīkin muqtadirin