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Sura Liv. Qamar, Or The Moon. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Liv.: Qamar, Or The Moon.

Section 1

1.
Iqtarabati aLssaAAatu waInshaqqa alqamarU

1.
The Hour (of Judgment)

Is nigh, and the moon

Is cleft asunder.

2. Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrUn

2.
But if they see

A Sign, they turn away,

And say, "This is

(But) transient magic.
"

3. Wakaththaboo waIttabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrUn

3.
They reject (the warning)

And follow their (own) lusts

But every matter has

Its appointed time.

4. Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i ma feehi muzdajarUn

4.
There have already come

To them Recitals wherein

There is (enough) to check (them),

5.
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee aLnnuthurU

5.
Mature wisdom;--but

(The preaching of) Warners

Profits them not.

6. Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu aLddaAAi ila shay-in nukurIn

6.
Therefore, (O Prophet,)

Turn away from them.

The Day that the Caller

Will call (them)

To a terrible affair,

7. KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirUn

7.
They will come forth,

Their eyes humbled--

From (their) graves, (torpid)

Like locusts scattered abroad,

8. MuhtiAAeena ila aLddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirUn

8.
Hastening, with eyes transfixed,

Towards the Caller!--

"Hard is this Day!",

The Unbelievers will say.

9. Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waIzdujirA

9.
Before them the People

Of Noah rejected (their apostle):

They rejected Our servant,

And said, "Here is

One possessed!
", and he

Was driven out.

10.
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faIntasir

10. Then he called on his Lord:


"I am one overcome:

Do Thou then help (me)!

11.
Fafatahna abwaba aLssama-i bima-in munhamirIn

11.
So We opened the gates

Of heaven, with water

Pouring forth.

12.
Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonan faIltaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudirA

12.
And We caused the earth

To gush forth with springs.

So the waters met (and rose)

To the extent decreed.

13.
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurIn

13.
But We bore him

On an (Ark) made of

Broad planks and caulked

With palm-fibre:


14.
Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufirA

14.
She floats under our eyes

(And care): a recompense

To one who had been

Rejected (with scorn)!

15.
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirIn

15.
And We have left

This as a Sign

(For all time): then

Is there any that will

Receive admonition?

16.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthurI

16.
But how (terrible) was

My Penalty and My Warning?

17.
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liLththikri fahal min muddakirIn

17.
And We have indeed

Made the Qur-n easy

To understand and remember:


Then is there any that

Will receive admonition?

18.
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthurI

18.
The 'd (people) (too)

Rejected (Truth): then

How terrible was

My Penalty and My Warning?

19.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrIn

19.
For We sent against them

A furious wind, on a Day

Of violent Disaster,

20.
TanziAAu aLnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirIn

20.
Plucking out men as if

They were roots of palm-trees

Torn up (from the ground).

21.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthurI

21.
Yea, how (terrible) was

My Penalty and My Warning!

22.
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liLththikri fahal min muddakirIn

22.
But We have indeed

Made the Qur-n easy

To understand and remember:


Then is there any that

Will receive admonition?

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