ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ﴿١﴾
Ikterabetis saatu venşakkal kamer
“The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder”
E.g. dua for healing, salawat, morning dhikr
Explanation: This is a munajat (intimate prayer) attributed to the ascetic Ibrahim ibn Adham. It describes the servant confessing his sins and seeking refuge in Allah's pardon alone,…
“Whoever performs the Fajr prayer in congregation is under Allah’s protection until evening.”
Muslim, Masajid 261سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ
Ay · revealed in Mecca · 55 verses · Juz 27 · page 528
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ﴿١﴾
Ikterabetis saatu venşakkal kamer
“The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder”
وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةࣰ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ﴿٢﴾
Ve iyyerav ayetey yu´ridu ve yekulu sıhrun mustemir
“But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic”
وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ﴿٣﴾
Ve kezzebu vettebeu ehvaehum ve kullu emrin mustekirr
“They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time”
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ﴿٤﴾
Ve le kad caehum minel embai ma fihi muzdecer
“There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them)”
حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿٥﴾
Hıkmetum baliğatun fema tuğnin nuzur
“Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not”
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ﴿٦﴾
Fe tevelle anhum yevme yed´ud daı ila şey´in nukur
“Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair”
خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ﴿٧﴾
Huşşean ebsarıhum yahrucune minel ecdasi keennehum ceradum munteşir
“They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad”
مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ﴿٨﴾
Muhtıyne iled a´ yekulul kafirune haza yevmun azir
“Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say”
۞كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونࣱ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ﴿٩﴾
Kezzebet kablehum kavmu nuhın fekezzebu abdena ve kalu mecnunuv vezducir
“Before them the People of Noah rejected (their apostle): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out”
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ﴿١٠﴾
Fe dea rabbehu enni mağlubun fentesır
“Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)”
فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ﴿١١﴾
Fe fetahna ebvabes semai bimaim munhemir
“So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth”
وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونࣰ ا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ﴿١٢﴾
Ve feccernel erda uyunen feltekal mau ala emrin kad kudir
“And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed”
وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ﴿١٣﴾
Ve hamelnahu ala zati elvahıv ve dusur
“But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre”
تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ﴿١٤﴾
Tecri bi a´yunina cezael li men kane kufir
“She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)”
وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ﴿١٥﴾
Ve le kad teraknaha ayeten fe hel mim muddekir
“And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition”
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿١٦﴾
Fe keyfe kane azabi ve nuzur
“But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning”
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ﴿١٧﴾
Ve le kad yessernal kur´ane liz zikri fe hel mim muddekir
“And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition”
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿١٨﴾
Kezzebet adun fe keyfe kane azabi ve nuzur
“The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning”
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحࣰ ا صَرۡصَرࣰ ا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ﴿١٩﴾
İnna erselna aleyhim rihan sarsaran fi yevmi nahsim mustemir
“For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster”
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ﴿٢٠﴾
Zenziun nase ke ennehum a´cazu nahlim munkaır
“Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground)”
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٢١﴾
Fe keyfe kane azabi ve nuzur
“Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning”
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ﴿٢٢﴾
Ve le kad yessernel kur´ane liz zikri fe hel mim muddekir
“But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition”
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٢٣﴾
Kezzebet semudu bin nuzur
“The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners”
فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرࣰ ا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدࣰ ا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذࣰ ا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَسُعُرٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
Fe kalu ebeşeram minna vahıden nettebiuhu inna izel lefi dalaliv ve suur
“For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad”
أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ﴿٢٥﴾
Eulkıyez zikru aleyhi mim beynina bel huve kezzabun eşir
“Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one”
سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰ ا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ﴿٢٦﴾
Seya´lemune ğadem menil kezzabul eşir
“Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one”
إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ﴿٢٧﴾
İnna murslun nakati fitnetel lehum fertekıbhum vastabir
“For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience”
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ ﴿٢٨﴾
Ve nebbi´hum ennel mae kısmetun beynehum kullu şirbim muhtedar
“And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns)”
فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Fe nadev sahıbehum fe teata fe akar
“But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her)”
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٠﴾
Fe keyfe kane azabi ve nuzur
“Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning”
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ﴿٣١﴾
İnna erselna aleyhim sayhatev vahıdeten fe kanu ke heşimil muhtezir
“For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle”
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ﴿٣٢﴾
Ve le kad yessernel kur´ane liz zikri fe hel min muddekir
“And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition”
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٣﴾
Kezzebet kavmu lutım bin nuzur
“The people of Lut rejected (his) warning”
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ﴿٣٤﴾
İnna erselna aleyhim hasıben illa ale lutnecceynahum bi sehar
“We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn”
نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Nı´metem min ındina kezalike neczi men şeker
“As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks”
وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴿٣٦﴾
Ve le kad enzerahum batşetena fe temarav bin nuzur
“And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning”
وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٧﴾
Ve le kad raveduhu an dayfihi fe tamesna a´yunehum fe zuku azabi ve nuzur
“And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning”
وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ﴿٣٨﴾
Ve le kad sabbehahum bukraten azabum mustekirr
“Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them”
فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fe zuku azabi ve nuzur
“So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning”
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ﴿٤٠﴾
Ve le kad yessernel kur´ane liz zikri fe hel mim muddekir
“And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition”
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ﴿٤١﴾
Ve le kad cae ale fir´avnen nuzur
“To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from God)”
كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ﴿٤٢﴾
Kezzebu bi ayatina kulliha fe ehaznahum ahze azizim muktedir
“The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will”
أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةࣱ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ﴿٤٣﴾
E kuffarukum hayrun min ulaikum em lekum beraetun fiz zubur
“Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books”
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ﴿٤٤﴾
Em yekulune nahnu cemium muntesır
“Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves”
سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ﴿٤٥﴾
Seyuhzemul cem´u ve yuvelluned dubur
“Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs”
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ﴿٤٦﴾
Belis saatu mev´ıduhum ves saatu edha ve emerr
“Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter”
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ﴿٤٧﴾
İnnel mucrimine fi dalaliv ve suur
“Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad”
يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ﴿٤٨﴾
Yevme yushabune fin nari ala vucuhihim zuku messe sekar
“The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell”
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ﴿٤٩﴾
İnna kulle şey´in halaknahu bi kader
“Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure”
وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ﴿٥٠﴾
Ve ma emruna illa vahıdetun ke lemhım bil besar
“And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye”
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ﴿٥١﴾
Ve le kad ehlekna eşyaakum fe hel mim muddekir
“And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition”
وَكُلُّ شَيۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ﴿٥٢﴾
Ve kullu şey´in fealuhu fiz zubur
“All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds)”
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرࣲ وَكَبِيرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ﴿٥٣﴾
Ve kullu sağıyriv ve kebirim mustetar
“Every matter, small and great, is on record”
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ﴿٥٤﴾
İnnel muttekıyne fi cennativ ve neher
“As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers”
فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ﴿٥٥﴾
Fi mak´adi sıdkın ınde melikim muktedir
“In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent”
Surah Al-Qamar is surah number 54 of the Holy Quran; its name means “Ay”. It has 55 verses, was revealed in Mecca and begins in juz 27, on page 528 of the Mushaf.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali (original 1934–37 edition). Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Tap the number next to a verse to open its own page and share it from there.

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