سورة القمر
Here is Surah Al-Qamar (“The Moon”) in transliteration: each of its 55 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ١
iq'tarabati l-sāʿatu wa-inshaqqa l-qamaru
1. The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].1577
[1577] This was a sign given by Allāh to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) when the Quraysh challenged him to show them a miracle.
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ٢
wa-in yaraw āyatan yuʿ'riḍū wayaqūlū siḥ'run mus'tamirrun
2. And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."1578
[1578] Or "Continuing magic."
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣
wakadhabū wa-ittabaʿū ahwāahum wakullu amrin mus'taqirrun
3. And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤
walaqad jāahum mina l-anbāi mā fīhi muz'dajarun
4. And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥
ḥik'matun bālighatun famā tugh'ni l-nudhuru
5. Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ٦
fatawalla ʿanhum yawma yadʿu l-dāʿi ilā shayin nukurin
6. So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller1579 calls to something forbidding,
[1579] Said to be an angel announcing the account and judgement.
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ٧
khushaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi ka-annahum jarādun muntashirun
7. Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ٨
muh'ṭiʿīna ilā l-dāʿi yaqūlu l-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasirun
8. Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ ٩
kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhabū ʿabdanā waqālū majnūnun wa-uz'dujira
9. The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ ١٠
fadaʿā rabbahu annī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir
10. So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ١١
fafataḥnā abwāba l-samāi bimāin mun'hamirin
11. Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ١٢
wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudira
12. And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ١٣
waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusurin
13. And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤
tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufira
14. Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٥
walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakirin
15. And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ١٦
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
16. And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.1580
[1580] To those after them, who were expected to derive a lesson from previous occurrences.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٧
walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin
17. And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ١٨
kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
18. ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ١٩
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirrin
19. Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ٢٠
tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin
20. Extracting the people1581 as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
[1581] From their hiding places.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٢١
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
21. And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٢٢
walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin
22. And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣
kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhuri
23. Thamūd denied the warning.
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤
faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin
24. And said, "Is it one human being1582 among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
[1582] i.e., the prophet Ṣāliḥ.
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ ٢٥
a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashirun
25. Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ ٢٦
sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashiru
26. They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ ٢٧
innā mur'silū l-nāqati fit'natan lahum fa-ir'taqib'hum wa-iṣ'ṭabir
27. Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.1583
[1583] This and the following verse are an address to Ṣāliḥ (upon him be peace).
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ٢٨
wanabbi'hum anna l-māa qis'matun baynahum kullu shir'bin muḥ'taḍarun
28. And inform them that the water is shared between them,1584 each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
[1584] i.e., between the tribe of Thamūd and the she-camel - a day for each to drink.
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩
fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqara
29. But they called their companion,1585 and he dared1586 and hamstrung [her].
[1585] i.e., the worst and most despicable among them.
[1586] Or "he took," referring to his sword or to the she-camel.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٣٠
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
30. And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ ٣١
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓiri
31. 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.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٣٢
walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin
32. And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٣
kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhuri
33. The people of Lot denied the warning.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ ٣٤
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥarin
34. Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ ٣٥
niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakara
35. As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٦
walaqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bil-nudhuri
36. And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٣٧
walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri
37. And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ٣٨
walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirrun
38. And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ٣٩
fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri
39. So taste My punishment and warning.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٤٠
walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakirin
40. And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٤١
walaqad jāa āla fir'ʿawna l-nudhuru
41. And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ٤٢
kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin
42. They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ ٤٣
akuffārukum khayrun min ulāikum am lakum barāatun fī l-zuburi
43. Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ ٤٤
am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿun muntaṣirun
44. Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ٤٥
sayuh'zamu l-jamʿu wayuwallūna l-dubura
45. [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].1587
[1587] This foretold event took place on the day of Badr.
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ٤٦
bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarru
46. But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٤٧
inna l-muj'rimīna fī ḍalālin wasuʿurin
47. Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.1588.
[1588] Or "in blazing fires."
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ٤٨
yawma yus'ḥabūna fī l-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqara
48. The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."1589
[1589] One of the proper names of Hell.
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ ٤٩
innā kulla shayin khalaqnāhu biqadarin
49. Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ ٥٠
wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣari
50. And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ٥١
walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakirin
51. And We have already destroyed your kinds,1590 so is there any who will remember?
[1590] i.e., those similar to you in attitude and behavior when they rejected Allāh's messengers.
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ ٥٢
wakullu shayin faʿalūhu fī l-zuburi
52. And everything they did is in written records.
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ٥٣
wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭarun
53. And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ ٥٤
inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaharin
54. Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ ٥٥
fī maqʿadi ṣid'qin ʿinda malīkin muq'tadirin
55. In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.1591
[1591] Who accomplishes whatever He wills whenever He wills.
Recite what follows from memory. Next verse:
