54. Surah Al-Qamar

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ ﴿١٨﴾Open ayah 54:18 in the Quran reader

(The people of) ` Ad rejected (their prophet). How then was My torment and My warnings?

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ رِیْحًا صَرْصَرًا فِیْ یَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّۙ ﴿١٩﴾Open ayah 54:19 in the Quran reader

We did send to them a furious wind in a day of lasting bad luck,

تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ١ۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنْقَعِرٍ ﴿٢٠﴾Open ayah 54:20 in the Quran reader

plucking people away, as if they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.

فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ ﴿٢١﴾Open ayah 54:21 in the Quran reader

How then was My torment and My warnings?

وَ لَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ۠ ﴿٢٢﴾Open ayah 54:22 in the Quran reader

And indeed We have made the Qur'an easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to seek advice?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِالنُّذُرِ ﴿٢٣﴾Open ayah 54:23 in the Quran reader

(The people of) Thamud rejected the warners.

فَقَالُوْۤا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗۤ١ۙ اِنَّاۤ اِذًا لَّفِیْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّ سُعُرٍ ﴿٢٤﴾Open ayah 54:24 in the Quran reader

So they said, "Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we will be in error and insanity.

ءَاُلْقِیَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَیْهِ مِنْۢ بَیْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ اَشِرٌ ﴿٢٥﴾Open ayah 54:25 in the Quran reader

Is it that the advice has been cast upon him alone out of all of us? No, but he is a bragging liar."

سَیَعْلَمُوْنَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْاَشِرُ ﴿٢٦﴾Open ayah 54:26 in the Quran reader

Tomorrow they will know who is the bragging liar!

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَ اصْطَبِرْ٘ ﴿٢٧﴾Open ayah 54:27 in the Quran reader

We are going to send the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them (0 Salih,) and keep patience,

وَ نَبِّئْهُمْ اَنَّ الْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَیْنَهُمْ١ۚ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ﴿٢٨﴾Open ayah 54:28 in the Quran reader

and tell them that water (of the well) is to be shared between them (and the She-camel), so as the right of having water shall be attended by each (alternatively).

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطٰى فَعَقَرَ ﴿٢٩﴾Open ayah 54:29 in the Quran reader

Then they called their man (to kill the She-camel,) so he undertook (the task) and killed (the She-camel).

فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ ﴿٣٠﴾Open ayah 54:30 in the Quran reader

How then was My torment and My warnings?

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَكَانُوْا كَهَشِیْمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ ﴿٣١﴾Open ayah 54:31 in the Quran reader

We sent upon them a single Cry, and they were like crushed leafs of a hedge-builder.

وَ لَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿٣٢﴾Open ayah 54:32 in the Quran reader

And indeed We have made the Qur'an easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to seek advice?

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطٍۭ بِالنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٣﴾Open ayah 54:33 in the Quran reader

The people of Lilt rejected the warners.

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ حَاصِبًا اِلَّاۤ اٰلَ لُوْطٍ١ؕ نَجَّیْنٰهُمْ بِسَحَرٍۙ ﴿٣٤﴾Open ayah 54:34 in the Quran reader

We sent upon them a rain of stones, except the family of Lut whom We saved in the last hours of night, as a grace from Us.

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا١ؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِیْ مَنْ شَكَرَ ﴿٣٥﴾Open ayah 54:35 in the Quran reader

This is how We reward the one who offers gratitude.

وَ لَقَدْ اَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٦﴾Open ayah 54:36 in the Quran reader

And he (Lut) had certainly warned them of Our grasp, but they disputed the warnings.

وَ لَقَدْ رَاوَدُوْهُ عَنْ ضَیْفِهٖ فَطَمَسْنَاۤ اَعْیُنَهُمْ فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ ﴿٣٧﴾Open ayah 54:37 in the Quran reader

And they had even tried to tempt him against his guests (so that they may snatch them away for bad purpose,) but We blinded their eyes: "Now taste My torment and My warnings!"

وَ لَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۚ ﴿٣٨﴾Open ayah 54:38 in the Quran reader

And on the next morning, a lasting torment overtook them:

فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ ﴿٣٩﴾Open ayah 54:39 in the Quran reader

"Now taste My torment and My warnings."

وَ لَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ۠ ﴿٤٠﴾Open ayah 54:40 in the Quran reader

And indeed We have made the Qur'an easy for seeking advice. So, is there one to seek advice?

وَ لَقَدْ جَآءَ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُۚ ﴿٤١﴾Open ayah 54:41 in the Quran reader

And the warners came to the family of Fir'aun (Pharaoh).

كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ اَخْذَ عَزِیْزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ﴿٤٢﴾Open ayah 54:42 in the Quran reader

(But) they rejected all Our signs; so We seized them - a seizure by a Mighty, a Powerful Being.

اَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَیْرٌ مِّنْ اُولٰٓئِكُمْ اَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَآءَةٌ فِی الزُّبُرِۚ ﴿٤٣﴾Open ayah 54:43 in the Quran reader

(Now) are the disbelievers among you in a better position than all of them (the aforesaid punished people), or do you have immunity (recorded) in the sacred books?

اَمْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ نَحْنُ جَمِیْعٌ مُّنْتَصِرٌ ﴿٤٤﴾Open ayah 54:44 in the Quran reader

Or do they say, "We are a large group, well-defended."?

سَیُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ یُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ ﴿٤٥﴾Open ayah 54:45 in the Quran reader

Soon shall this 'large group' be defeated, and all will turn their backs.

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَ السَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰى وَ اَمَرُّ ﴿٤٦﴾Open ayah 54:46 in the Quran reader

Rather the Hour (of judgment) is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّ سُعُرٍۘ ﴿٤٧﴾Open ayah 54:47 in the Quran reader

Surely the guilty ones are in error and madness.

یَوْمَ یُسْحَبُوْنَ فِی النَّارِ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْ١ؕ ذُوْقُوْا مَسَّ سَقَرَ ﴿٤٨﴾Open ayah 54:48 in the Quran reader

On the Day when they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, (it will be said to them,) "Taste the touch of Hell."

اِنَّا كُلَّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقْنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ ﴿٤٩﴾Open ayah 54:49 in the Quran reader

Verily, We have created everything according to (Our) predestination.

وَ مَاۤ اَمْرُنَاۤ اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِالْبَصَرِ ﴿٥٠﴾Open ayah 54:50 in the Quran reader

And (implementation of) Our command is no more than a single act like the twinkling of an eye.

وَ لَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشْیَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿٥١﴾Open ayah 54:51 in the Quran reader

And We have destroyed people like you; so, is there one to take lesson?

وَ كُلُّ شَیْءٍ فَعَلُوْهُ فِی الزُّبُرِ ﴿٥٢﴾Open ayah 54:52 in the Quran reader

And everything they have done is recorded in the books (of deeds).

وَ كُلُّ صَغِیْرٍ وَّ كَبِیْرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ﴿٥٣﴾Open ayah 54:53 in the Quran reader

And everything, small and big, is written down.

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ نَهَرٍۙ ﴿٥٤﴾Open ayah 54:54 in the Quran reader

Of course, the God-fearing will be in gardens and rivers,

فِیْ مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِیْكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ۠ ﴿٥٥﴾Open ayah 54:55 in the Quran reader

in a seat of Truth, near to the Omnipotent Sovereign