Surah Al-Qamar in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ

Transliteration iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamaru

English The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].

1. ٱقْتَرَبَتِiq'tarabatiHas come near
2. ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour
3. وَٱنشَقَّwa-inshaqqaand has split
4. ٱلْقَمَرُl-qamaruthe moon

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

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

English And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
3. ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
4. يُعْرِضُوا۟yuʿ'riḍūthey turn away
5. وَيَقُولُوا۟wayaqūlūand say
6. سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runMagic
7. مُّسْتَمِرٌّۭmus'tamirruncontinuing

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Transliteration wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun

English And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

1. وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūAnd they denied
2. وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
3. أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚahwāahumtheir desires
4. وَكُلُّwakullubut (for) every
5. أَمْرٍۢamrinmatter
6. مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭmus'taqirrun(will be a) settlement

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

Transliteration walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun

English And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. جَآءَهُمjāahumhas come to them
3. مِّنَminaof
4. ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِl-anbāithe information
5. مَاmāwherein
6. فِيهِfīhiwherein
7. مُزْدَجَرٌmuz'dajarun(is) deterrence

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Transliteration ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru

English Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

1. حِكْمَةٌۢḥik'matunWisdom
2. بَـٰلِغَةٌۭ ۖbālighatunperfect
3. فَمَاfamābut not
4. تُغْنِtugh'niwill avail
5. ٱلنُّذُرُl-nudhuruthe warnings

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

Transliteration fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin

English So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,

1. فَتَوَلَّfatawallaSo turn away
2. عَنْهُمْ ۘʿanhumfrom them
3. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
4. يَدْعُyadʿuwill call
5. ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿithe caller
6. إِلَىٰilāto
7. شَىْءٍۢshayina thing
8. نُّكُرٍnukurinterrible

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

Transliteration khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashirun

English Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

1. خُشَّعًاkhushaʿan(Will be) humbled
2. أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyes
3. يَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnathey will come forth
4. مِنَminafrom
5. ٱلْأَجْدَاثِl-ajdāthithe graves
6. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
7. جَرَادٌۭjarādunlocusts
8. مُّنتَشِرٌۭmuntashirunspreading

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

Transliteration muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun

English Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

1. مُّهْطِعِينَmuh'ṭiʿīnaRacing ahead
2. إِلَىilātowards
3. ٱلدَّاعِ ۖl-dāʿithe caller
4. يَقُولُyaqūluWill say
5. ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
6. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
7. يَوْمٌyawmun(is) a Day
8. عَسِرٌۭʿasirundifficult

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

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

English The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

1. ۞ كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
2. قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
3. قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
4. نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
5. فَكَذَّبُوا۟fakadhabūand they denied
6. عَبْدَنَاʿabdanāOur slave
7. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand said
8. مَجْنُونٌۭmajnūnunA madman
9. وَٱزْدُجِرَwa-uz'dujiraand he was repelled

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

Transliteration fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir

English So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

1. فَدَعَاfadaʿāSo he called
2. رَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuhis Lord
3. أَنِّىannīI am
4. مَغْلُوبٌۭmaghlūbunone overpowered
5. فَٱنتَصِرْfa-intaṣirso help

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

Transliteration fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamirin

English Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

1. فَفَتَحْنَآfafataḥnāSo We opened
2. أَبْوَٰبَabwāba(the) gates
3. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) heaven
4. بِمَآءٍۢbimāinwith water
5. مُّنْهَمِرٍۢmun'hamirinpouring down

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

Transliteration wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudira

English And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

1. وَفَجَّرْنَاwafajjarnāAnd We caused to burst
2. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
3. عُيُونًۭاʿuyūnan(with) springs
4. فَٱلْتَقَىfal-taqāso met
5. ٱلْمَآءُl-māuthe water(s)
6. عَلَىٰٓʿalāfor
7. أَمْرٍۢamrina matter
8. قَدْqadalready
9. قُدِرَqudirapredestined

وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

Transliteration waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusurin

English And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

1. وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُwaḥamalnāhuAnd We carried him
2. عَلَىٰʿalāon
3. ذَاتِdhāti(ark) made of planks
4. أَلْوَٰحٍۢalwāḥin(ark) made of planks
5. وَدُسُرٍۢwadusurinand nails

تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

Transliteration tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufira

English Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

1. تَجْرِىtajrīSailing
2. بِأَعْيُنِنَاbi-aʿyuninābefore Our eyes
3. جَزَآءًۭjazāana reward
4. لِّمَنlimanfor (he) who
5. كَانَkānawas
6. كُفِرَkufiradenied

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakirin

English And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

1. وَلَقَدwalaqadAnd certainly
2. تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآtaraknāhāWe left it
3. ءَايَةًۭāyatan(as) a Sign
4. فَهَلْfahalso is (there)
5. مِنminany
6. مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirinwho will receive admonition

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

English And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

1. فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how
2. كَانَkānawas
3. عَذَابِىʿadhābīMy punishment
4. وَنُذُرِwanudhuriand My warnings

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

English And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. يَسَّرْنَاyassarnāWe have made easy
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
4. لِلذِّكْرِlildhik'rifor remembrance
5. فَهَلْfahalso is (there)
6. مِنminany
7. مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirinwho will receive admonition

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

English ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

1. كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
2. عَادٌۭʿādunAad
3. فَكَيْفَfakayfaso how
4. كَانَkānawas
5. عَذَابِىʿadhābīMy punishment
6. وَنُذُرِwanudhuriand My warnings

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

Transliteration innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirrin

English Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] sent
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
4. رِيحًۭاrīḥana wind
5. صَرْصَرًۭاṣarṣaranfurious
6. فِىfīon
7. يَوْمِyawmia day
8. نَحْسٍۢnaḥsin(of) misfortune
9. مُّسْتَمِرٍّۢmus'tamirrincontinuous

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Transliteration tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin

English Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

1. تَنزِعُtanziʿuPlucking out
2. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamen
3. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
4. أَعْجَازُaʿjāzutrunks
5. نَخْلٍۢnakhlin(of) date-palms
6. مُّنقَعِرٍۢmunqaʿirinuprooted

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

English And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

1. فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how
2. كَانَkānawas
3. عَذَابِىʿadhābīMy punishment
4. وَنُذُرِwanudhuriand My warnings

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

English And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. يَسَّرْنَاyassarnāWe have made easy
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
4. لِلذِّكْرِlildhik'rifor remembrance
5. فَهَلْfahalso is (there)
6. مِنminany
7. مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirinwho will receive admonition

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Transliteration kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhuri

English Thamūd denied the warning.

1. كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
2. ثَمُودُthamūduThamud
3. بِٱلنُّذُرِbil-nudhurithe warnings

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Transliteration faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

English And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

1. فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūAnd said
2. أَبَشَرًۭاabasharanIs (it) a human being
3. مِّنَّاminnāamong us
4. وَٰحِدًۭاwāḥidanone
5. نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓnattabiʿuhu(that) we should follow him
6. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
7. إِذًۭاidhanthen
8. لَّفِىlafī(will be) surely in
9. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
10. وَسُعُرٍwasuʿurinand madness

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

Transliteration a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashirun

English Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

1. أَءُلْقِىَa-ul'qiyaHas been sent
2. ٱلذِّكْرُl-dhik'ruthe Reminder
3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
4. مِنۢminfrom
5. بَيْنِنَاbaynināamong us
6. بَلْbalNay
7. هُوَhuwahe
8. كَذَّابٌkadhābun(is) a liar
9. أَشِرٌۭashiruninsolent

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ

Transliteration sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashiru

English They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

1. سَيَعْلَمُونَsayaʿlamūnaThey will know
2. غَدًۭاghadantomorrow
3. مَّنِmaniwho
4. ٱلْكَذَّابُl-kadhābu(is) the liar
5. ٱلْأَشِرُl-ashiruthe insolent one

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ

Transliteration innā mur'silū l-nāqati fit'natan lahum fa-ir'taqib'hum wa-iṣ'ṭabir

English Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. مُرْسِلُوا۟mur'silū(are) sending
3. ٱلنَّاقَةِl-nāqatithe she-camel
4. فِتْنَةًۭfit'natan(as) a trial
5. لَّهُمْlahumfor them
6. فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْfa-ir'taqib'humso watch them
7. وَٱصْطَبِرْwa-iṣ'ṭabirand be patient

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

Transliteration wanabbi'hum anna l-māa qis'matun baynahum kullu shir'bin muḥ'taḍarun

English And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

1. وَنَبِّئْهُمْwanabbi'humAnd inform them
2. أَنَّannathat
3. ٱلْمَآءَl-māathe water
4. قِسْمَةٌۢqis'matun(is) to be shared
5. بَيْنَهُمْ ۖbaynahumbetween them
6. كُلُّkullueach
7. شِرْبٍۢshir'bindrink
8. مُّحْتَضَرٌۭmuḥ'taḍarunattended

فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

Transliteration fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqara

English But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].

1. فَنَادَوْا۟fanādawBut they called
2. صَاحِبَهُمْṣāḥibahumtheir companion
3. فَتَعَاطَىٰfataʿāṭāand he took
4. فَعَقَرَfaʿaqaraand hamstrung

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri

English And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

1. فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how
2. كَانَkānawas
3. عَذَابِىʿadhābīMy punishment
4. وَنُذُرِwanudhuriand My warnings

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

Transliteration innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓiri

English Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] sent
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
4. صَيْحَةًۭṣayḥatanthunderous blast
5. وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatansingle
6. فَكَانُوا۟fakānūand they became
7. كَهَشِيمِkahashīmilike dry twig fragments
8. ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِl-muḥ'taẓiri(used by) a fence builder

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

English And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. يَسَّرْنَاyassarnāWe have made easy
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
4. لِلذِّكْرِlildhik'rifor remembrance
5. فَهَلْfahalso is (there)
6. مِنminany
7. مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirinwho will receive admonition

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Transliteration kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhuri

English The people of Lot denied the warning.

1. كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
2. قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
3. لُوطٍۭlūṭin(of) Lut
4. بِٱلنُّذُرِbil-nudhurithe warnings

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ

Transliteration innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥarin

English Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] sent
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
4. حَاصِبًاḥāṣibana storm of stones
5. إِلَّآillāexcept
6. ءَالَāla(the) family
7. لُوطٍۢ ۖlūṭin(of) Lut
8. نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُمnajjaynāhumWe saved them
9. بِسَحَرٍۢbisaḥarinby dawn

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ

Transliteration niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakara

English As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

1. نِّعْمَةًۭniʿ'matan(As) a favor
2. مِّنْminfrom
3. عِندِنَا ۚʿindināUs
4. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
5. نَجْزِىnajzīWe reward
6. مَنman(one) who
7. شَكَرَshakara(is) grateful

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Transliteration walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhuri

English And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. أَنذَرَهُمandharahumhe warned them
3. بَطْشَتَنَاbaṭshatanā(of) Our seizure
4. فَتَمَارَوْا۟fatamārawbut they disputed
5. بِٱلنُّذُرِbil-nudhurithe warnings

وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri

English And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. رَٰوَدُوهُrāwadūhuthey demanded from him
3. عَنʿanthey demanded from him
4. ضَيْفِهِۦḍayfihihis guests
5. فَطَمَسْنَآfaṭamasnāso We blinded
6. أَعْيُنَهُمْaʿyunahumtheir eyes
7. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste
8. عَذَابِىʿadhābīMy punishment
9. وَنُذُرِwanudhuriand My warnings

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

Transliteration walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirrun

English And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. صَبَّحَهُمṣabbaḥahumseized them in the morning
3. بُكْرَةًbuk'ratanearly
4. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
5. مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭmus'taqirrunabiding

فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

Transliteration fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri

English So taste My punishment and warning.

1. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste
2. عَذَابِىʿadhābīMy punishment
3. وَنُذُرِwanudhuriand My warnings

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin

English And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. يَسَّرْنَاyassarnāWe have made easy
3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
4. لِلذِّكْرِlildhik'rifor remembrance
5. فَهَلْfahalso is (there)
6. مِنminany
7. مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirinwho will receive admonition

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Transliteration walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhuru

English And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. جَآءَjāacame
3. ءَالَāla(to the) people
4. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
5. ٱلنُّذُرُl-nudhuruwarnings

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Transliteration kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin

English They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

1. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūThey denied
2. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
3. كُلِّهَاkullihāall of them
4. فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْfa-akhadhnāhumso We seized them
5. أَخْذَakhdha(with) a seizure
6. عَزِيزٍۢʿazīzin(of) All-Mighty
7. مُّقْتَدِرٍmuq'tadirin(the) Powerful One

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Transliteration akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zuburi

English Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?

1. أَكُفَّارُكُمْakuffārukumAre your disbelievers
2. خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
3. مِّنْminthan
4. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْulāikumthose
5. أَمْamor
6. لَكُمlakumfor you
7. بَرَآءَةٌۭbarāatun(is) an exemption
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلزُّبُرِl-zuburithe Scriptures

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

Transliteration am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣirun

English Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

1. أَمْamOr
2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(do) they say
3. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
4. جَمِيعٌۭjamīʿun(are) an assembly
5. مُّنتَصِرٌۭmuntaṣirunhelping (each other)

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

Transliteration sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubura

English [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

1. سَيُهْزَمُsayuh'zamuSoon will be defeated
2. ٱلْجَمْعُl-jamʿu(their) assembly
3. وَيُوَلُّونَwayuwallūnaand they will turn
4. ٱلدُّبُرَl-dubura(their) backs

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

Transliteration bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarru

English But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

1. بَلِbaliNay
2. ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hour
3. مَوْعِدُهُمْmawʿiduhum(is) their promised time
4. وَٱلسَّاعَةُwal-sāʿatuand the Hour
5. أَدْهَىٰadhā(will be) more grievous
6. وَأَمَرُّwa-amarruand more bitter

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Transliteration inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

English Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals
3. فِىfī(are) in
4. ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
5. وَسُعُرٍۢwasuʿurinand madness

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

Transliteration yawma yus'ḥabūna fī l-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqara

English The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يُسْحَبُونَyus'ḥabūnathey will be dragged
3. فِىfīinto
4. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
5. عَلَىٰʿalāon
6. وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
7. ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
8. مَسَّmassa(the) touch
9. سَقَرَsaqara(of) Hell

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Transliteration innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadarin

English Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, [We]
2. كُلَّkullaevery
3. شَىْءٍshayinthing
4. خَلَقْنَـٰهُkhalaqnāhuWe created it
5. بِقَدَرٍۢbiqadarinby a measure

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ

Transliteration wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣari

English And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
2. أَمْرُنَآamrunā(is) Our Command
3. إِلَّاillābut
4. وَٰحِدَةٌۭwāḥidatunone
5. كَلَمْحٍۭkalamḥinlike the twinkling
6. بِٱلْبَصَرِbil-baṣari(of) the eye

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

Transliteration walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakirin

English And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. أَهْلَكْنَآahlaknāWe destroyed
3. أَشْيَاعَكُمْashyāʿakumyour kinds
4. فَهَلْfahalso is (there)
5. مِنminany
6. مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirinwho will receive admonition

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Transliteration wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zuburi

English And everything they did is in written records.

1. وَكُلُّwakulluAnd every
2. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
3. فَعَلُوهُfaʿalūhuthey did
4. فِىfī(is) in
5. ٱلزُّبُرِl-zuburithe written records

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

Transliteration wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭarun

English And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

1. وَكُلُّwakulluAnd every
2. صَغِيرٍۢṣaghīrinsmall
3. وَكَبِيرٍۢwakabīrinand big
4. مُّسْتَطَرٌmus'taṭarun(is) written down

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

Transliteration inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaharin

English Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous
3. فِىfī(will be) in
4. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
5. وَنَهَرٍۢwanaharinand river

فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ

Transliteration fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadirin

English In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.

1. فِىfīIn
2. مَقْعَدِmaqʿadia seat
3. صِدْقٍṣid'qin(of) honor
4. عِندَʿindanear
5. مَلِيكٍۢmalīkina King
6. مُّقْتَدِرٍۭmuq'tadirinMost Powerful