Al-Qamarالقمر
Muṣḥaf order 54
Cairo 1924 order #37 Meccan
Verses 55 (Ḥafṣ)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ١
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The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ٢
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And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣
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They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤
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And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥
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Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Doori: ٱلدَّاعِ → الدَّاعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:6#1)
- Warsh: ٱلدَّاعِ → الدَّاعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:6#1)
- Bazzi: ٱلدَّاعِ → الدَّاعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:6#1)
- Soosi: ٱلدَّاعِ → الدَّاعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:6#1)
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ٦
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So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ٧
Marmaduke Pickthall
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With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Bazzi: ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ → الداعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:8#1)
- Doori: ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ → الداعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:8#1)
- Qaloon: ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ → الداعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:8#1)
- Qunbul: ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ → الداعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:8#1)
- Soosi: ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ → الداعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:8#1)
- Warsh: ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ → الداعِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:8#1)
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ٨
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Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ ٩
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The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ ١٠
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So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ١١
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Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ١٢
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And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ١٣
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And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤
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That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٥
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Warsh: وَنُذُرِ → وَنُذُرِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:16#1)
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ١٦
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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٧
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Warsh: وَنُذُرِ → وَنُذُرِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:18#1)
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ١٨
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(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ١٩
Marmaduke Pickthall
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Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ٢٠
Marmaduke Pickthall
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Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Warsh: وَنُذُرِ → وَنُذُرِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:21#1)
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٢١
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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٢٢
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣
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(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤
Marmaduke Pickthall
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For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ ٢٥
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Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ ٢٦
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(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ ٢٧
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Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ٢٨
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩
Marmaduke Pickthall
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But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Warsh: وَنُذُرِ → وَنُذُرِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:30#1)
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٣٠
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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ ٣١
Marmaduke Pickthall
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Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٣٢
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٣
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The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ ٣٤
Marmaduke Pickthall
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Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ ٣٥
Marmaduke Pickthall
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As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٦
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Warsh: وَنُذُرِ → وَنُذُرِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:37#1)
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٣٧
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They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣٨
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Warsh: وَنُذُرِ → وَنُذُرِى (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 54:39#1)
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٣٩
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Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٤٠
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٤١
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And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ٤٢
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Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ ٤٣
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Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ ٤٤
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Or say they: We are a host victorious?
سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ٤٥
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The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ٤٦
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Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٤٧
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Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ٤٨
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On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ ٤٩
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Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ ٥٠
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And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٥١
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And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ ٥٢
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And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ٥٣
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And every small and great thing is recorded.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ ٥٤
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Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ ٥٥
Marmaduke Pickthall
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Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.