Surah Al-Qamar (54): Read Online and Download - English Translation

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Surah Al-Qamar
سُورَةُ القَمَرِ
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ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿1﴾ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ﴿2﴾ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ﴿3﴾ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ﴿4﴾ حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿5﴾ فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ﴿6﴾

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Tafsir of Surah Al-Qamar (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ﴿1﴾

English Translation

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]. (1)

English Transliteration

Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru (1)

Tafsir of Verse 1

The Hour has drawn nigh: the moon is split. (1)

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ﴿2﴾

English Translation

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic." (2)

English Transliteration

Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun (2)

Tafsir of Verse 2

Yet if they see a sign they turn away, and they say 'A continuous sorcery!' (2)

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ﴿3﴾

English Translation

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement. (3)

English Transliteration

Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun (3)

Tafsir of Verse 3

They have cried lies, and followed their caprices; but every matter is settled. (3)

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ﴿4﴾

English Translation

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence - (4)

English Transliteration

Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun (4)

Tafsir of Verse 4

And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent -- (4)

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿5﴾

English Translation

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]. (5)

English Transliteration

Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru (5)

Tafsir of Verse 5

a Wisdom far-reaching; yet warnings do not avail. (5)

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ﴿6﴾

English Translation

So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding, (6)

English Transliteration

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin (6)

Tafsir of Verse 6

So turn thou away from them. Upon the day when the Caller shall call unto a horrible thing, (6)

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