Al-Qamar

Surat Al-Qamar () (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.

External links

• Al-Qamar at Sacred Texts
• Al-Qamar at Altafsir.com