القمر

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ١

Iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamaru

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

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ٢

Wa-in yaraw āyatan yuʿ'riḍū wayaqūlū siḥ'run mus'tamirrun

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

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣

Wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun

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

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤

Walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun

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

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥

Ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru

Farreaching wisdom––but these warnings do not help:

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ٦

Fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin

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

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ٧

Khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashirun

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

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ٨

Muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun

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

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ ٩

Kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wa-uz'dujira

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ ١٠

Fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir

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