Al-Qamar (ٱلْقَمَر)

٥٤ - ٱلْقَمَر

54 - Al-Qamar

اِقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَۃُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ۝۱
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

English

Ahmed Ali

THE HOUR HAS come and split is the moon.

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وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا اٰيَۃً يُّعْرِضُوْا وَيَقُوْلُوْا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ۝۲
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

English

Ahmed Ali

But if they see a sign they turn away, and say: "This is the same old lie continuing,"

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وَكَذَّبُوْا وَاتَّبَعُوْۗا اَہْوَاۗءَہُمْ وَكُلُّ اَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ۝۳
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

English

Ahmed Ali

And deny, and follow their own vain desires; but every matter is determined at its time.

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وَلَقَدْ جَاۗءَہُمْ مِّنَ الْاَنْۢبَاۗءِ مَا فِيْہِ مُزْدَجَرٌ۝۴ۙ
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

English

Ahmed Ali

Messages deterring them from evil had come to them,

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حِكْمَۃٌۢ بَالِغَۃٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ۝۵ۙ
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

English

Ahmed Ali

Containing consummate wisdom; yet warnings were of no avail.

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فَتَوَلَّ عَنْہُمْ۝۰ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰى شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ۝۶ۙ
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

English

Ahmed Ali

So turn away from them. When on the Day the crier calls to the painful business,

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خُشَّعًا اَبْصَارُہُمْ يَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ كَاَنَّہُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌ۝۷ۙ
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

English

Ahmed Ali

They will come out of the graves with downcast eyes like an expanding swarm of locusts.

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مُّہْطِعِيْنَ اِلَى الدَّاعِ۝۰ۭ يَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ ھٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ۝۸
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

English

Ahmed Ali

They will hasten forward to the caller, gazes fixed. And the unbelievers will say: "This is the day of untold woe."

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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَہُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ فَكَذَّبُوْا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوْا مَجْنُوْنٌ وَّازْدُجِرَ۝۹
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

English

Ahmed Ali

The people of Noah had denied before them, and had called Our votary a liar, and said: "He is possessed," and repulsed him.

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فَدَعَا رَبَّہٗۗ اَنِّىْ مَغْلُوْبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ۝۱۰
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

English

Ahmed Ali

So he prayed to his Lord: "I am helpless, deliver me."

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