Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon)

Topics in Surah Al-Qamar

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Warning (Indhar) (31 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (14 verses)
• Divine Revelation (Wahy) (10 verses)
• Thamud (8 verses)
• Prophet Lot (Lut) (8 verses)
• Victory (Nasr) (8 verses)
• Salvation (Najah) (7 verses)
• Injustice (Zulm) (7 verses)
• Sight (Basar) (6 verses)
• Supplication (Dua) (6 verses)
• Prophet Noah (Nuh) (6 verses)
• Destruction (Ihlak) (5 verses)
• Prophet Hud (5 verses)
• Attributes of Allah (Sifat Allah) (5 verses)
• Base Desire (Hawa) (4 verses)

Read Surah Al-Qamar with English translation

1. 54:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

   The Hour draws near; the moon is split in two.

2. 54:2

   وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌۭ مُّسْتَمِرٌّۭ

   Whenever the disbelievers see a sign, they turn away and say, ‘Same old sorcery!’

3. 54:3

   وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍۢ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ

   They reject the truth and follow their own desires––everything is recorded––

4. 54:4

   وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

   although warning tales that should have restrained them have come down to them––

5. 54:5

   حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌۭ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

   farreaching wisdom––but these warnings do not help:

6. 54:6

   فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ نُّكُرٍ

   so [Prophet] turn away from them. On the Day the Summoner will summon them to a horrific event,

7. 54:7

   خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌۭ مُّنتَشِرٌۭ

   eyes downcast, they will come out of their graves like swarming locusts

8. 54:8

   مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌۭ

   rushing towards the Summoner. The disbelievers will cry, ‘This is a stern day!’

9. 54:9

   ۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌۭ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

   The people of Noah rejected the truth before them: they rejected Our servant, saying, ‘He is mad!’ Noah was rebuked,

10. 54:10

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌۭ فَٱنتَصِرْ

    and so he called upon his Lord, ‘I am defeated: help me!’

11. 54:11

    فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍۢ مُّنْهَمِرٍۢ

    So We opened the gates of the sky with torrential water,

12. 54:12

    وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًۭا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍۢ قَدْ قُدِرَ

    burst the earth with gushing springs: the waters met for a preordained purpose.

13. 54:13

    وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍۢ وَدُسُرٍۢ

    We carried him along on a vessel of planks and nails

14. 54:14

    تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءًۭ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

    that floated under Our watchful eye, a reward for the one who had been rejected.

15. 54:15

    وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةًۭ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

    We have left this as a sign: will anyone take heed?

16. 54:16

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

17. 54:17

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

    We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

18. 54:18

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌۭ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    The people of 'Ad also rejected the truth. How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

19. 54:19

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًۭا صَرْصَرًۭا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍۢ مُّسْتَمِرٍّۢ

    We released a howling wind against them on a day of terrible disaster;

20. 54:20

    تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍۢ مُّنقَعِرٍۢ

    it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks.

21. 54:21

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

22. 54:22

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

    We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

23. 54:23

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings:

24. 54:24

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًۭا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًۭا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ وَسُعُرٍ

    they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane!

25. 54:25

    أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌۭ

    Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’

26. 54:26

    سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًۭا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

    ‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar,

27. 54:27

    إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةًۭ لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

    for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient.

28. 54:28

    وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍۢ مُّحْتَضَرٌۭ

    Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’

29. 54:29

    فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

    But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel.

30. 54:30

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!

31. 54:31

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

    We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks.

32. 54:32

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

    We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

33. 54:33

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

34. 54:34

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍۢ

    We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before dawn

35. 54:35

    نِّعْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

    as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful.

36. 54:36

    وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

    He warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warning-

37. 54:37

    وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’-

38. 54:38

    وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌۭ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ

    and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains-

39. 54:39

    فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’

40. 54:40

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

    We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?

41. 54:41

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

    The people of Pharaoh also received warnings.

42. 54:42

    كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

    They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power.

43. 54:43

    أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌۭ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

    ‘Are your disbelievers any better than these? Were you given an exemption in the Scripture?’

44. 54:44

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌۭ مُّنتَصِرٌۭ

    Do they perhaps say, ‘We are a great army and we shall be victorious’?

45. 54:45

    سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

    Their forces will be routed and they will turn tail and flee.

46. 54:46

    بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

    But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter:

47. 54:47

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ وَسُعُرٍۢ

    truly the wicked are misguided and quite insane––

48. 54:48

    يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

    on the Day when they are dragged on their faces in Hell. ‘Feel the touch of Hell.’

49. 54:49

    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍۢ

    We have created all things in due measure;

50. 54:50

    وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌۭ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

    when We ordain something it happens at once, in the blink of an eye;

51. 54:51

    وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

    We have destroyed the likes of you in the past. Will anyone take heed?

52. 54:52

    وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

    Everything they do is noted in their records:

53. 54:53

    وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍۢ وَكَبِيرٍۢ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

    every action, great or small, is recorded.

54. 54:54

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَهَرٍۢ

    The righteous will live securely among Gardens and rivers,

55. 54:55

    فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

    secure in the presence of an all-powerful Sovereign.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.