Al-Qamar

Surat Al-Qamar ( _ar. سورة القمر) (The Moon) is the 54th sura of the Qur'an with 55 ayat.

*Some verses refer to the Splitting of the moon.

Arabic Text

اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ: Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru: The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder

ِِوَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ: Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun : But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."

وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ : Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun : They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.

وَلَقَدْ جَاءهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاء مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ : Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i ma feehi muzdajarun : There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ : Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru.: Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَى شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ: Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shay-in nukurin : Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ : KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun : They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ: MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun : Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

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References

External links

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/054.htm Al-Qamar] at Sacred Texts
* [http://altafsir.com/Quran.asp?SoraNo=54&Ayah=1&NewPage=0&Tajweed=1 Al-Qamar] at Altafsir.com