SURAH AL-QAMAR (THE MOON)

This ’Makki’ surah has 55 verses. It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that the face of the person who recites this surah will shine like the full moon on the Day of Reckoning. The best time to recite this surah is at night and this carries the highest reward.

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that the one who recites this surah will have a mount from Paradise on which he will sit when he comes out from his grave. Whoever keeps this surah under his cap or turban at the time of Jumu’ah prayers will be highly respected by the people and his difficulties will be eased.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

اِقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ‏(1)

(1) The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا اٰيَةً يُّعْرِضُوْا وَيَقُوْلُوْا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ‏(2)

(2) And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.

وَكَذَّبُوْا وَاتَّبَعُوْۤا اَهْوَآءَهُمْ‌ وَكُلُّ اَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ‏(3)

(3) And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَنْۢبَآءِ مَا فِيْهِ مُزْدَجَرٌۙ‏(4)

(4) And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention--

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَالِغَةٌ‌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُۙ‏(5)

(5) Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ‌ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰى شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍۙ‏(6)

(6) So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,

خُشَّعًا اَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌۙ‏(7)

(7) Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,

مُّهْطِعِيْنَ اِلَى الدَّاعِ‌ؕ يَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ‏(8)

(8) Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ فَكَذَّبُوْا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوْا مَجْنُوْنٌ وَّازْدُجِرَ‏(9)

(9) Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗۤ اَنِّىْ مَغْلُوْبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ‏(10)

(10) Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

فَفَتَحْنَاۤ اَبْوَابَ السَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ۖ‏(11)

(11) So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

وَّفَجَّرْنَا الْاَرْضَ عُيُوْنًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَآءُ عَلٰٓى اَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ‌ۚ‏(12)

(12) And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

وَحَمَلْنٰهُ عَلٰى ذَاتِ اَلْوَاحٍ وَّدُسُرٍۙ‏(13)

(13) And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

تَجْرِىْ بِاَعْيُنِنَا‌ۚ جَزَآءً لِّمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَ‏(14)

(14) Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

وَلَقَدْ تَّرَكْنٰهَاۤ اٰيَةً فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ‏(15)

(15) And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىْ وَنُذُرِ‏(16)

(16) How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ‏(17)

(17) And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىْ وَنُذُرِ‏(18)

(18) Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيْحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىْ يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّۙ‏(19)

(19) Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck

تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنْقَعِرٍ‏(20)

(20) Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىْ وَنُذُرِ‏(21)

(21) How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ‏(22)

(22) And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِالنُّذُرِ‏(23)

(23) Samood rejected the warning.

فَقَالُوْۤا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗۤۙ اِنَّاۤ اِذًا لَّفِىْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ‏(24)

(24) So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

ءَاُلْقِىَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ اَشِرٌ‏(25)

(25) Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!

سَيَعْلَمُوْنَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْاَشِرُ‏(26)

(26) Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ‏(27)

(27) Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ اَنَّ الْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ‌ۚ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ‏(28)

(28) And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطٰى فَعَقَرَ‏(29)

(29) But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىْ وَنُذُرِ‏(30)

(30) How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَكَانُوْا كَهَشِيْمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ‏(31)

(31) Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ‏(32)

(32) And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوْطٍ ۢ بِالنُّذُرِ‏(33)

(33) The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا اِلَّاۤ اٰلَ لُوْطٍ‌ؕ نَّجَّيْنٰهُمْ بِسَحَرٍۙ‏(34)

(34) Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا‌ؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِىْ مَنْ شَكَرَ‏(35)

(35) A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.

وَلَقَدْ اَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ‏(36)

(36) And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوْهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهٖ فَطَمَسْنَاۤ اَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِىْ وَنُذُرِ‏(37)

(37) And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ‌ ۚ‏(38)

(38) And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.

فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِىْ وَنُذُرِ‏(39)

(39) So taste My chastisement and My warning.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ‏(40)

(40) And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ‌ۚ‏(41)

(41) And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ اَخْذَ عَزِيْزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ‏(42)

(42) They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

اَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ اُولٰٓئِكُمْ اَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَآءَةٌ فِى الزُّبُرِ‌ۚ‏(43)

(43) Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ نَحْنُ جَمِيْعٌ مُّنْتَصِرٌ‏(44)

(44) Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ‏(45)

(45) Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰى وَاَمَرُّ‏(46)

(46) Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ فِىْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ‌ۘ‏(47)

(47) Surely the guilty are in error and distress.

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُوْنَ فِى النَّارِ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْؕ ذُوْقُوْا مَسَّ سَقَرَ‏(48)

(48) On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.

اِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ‏(49)

(49) Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

وَمَاۤ اَمْرُنَاۤ اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۢ بِالْبَصَرِ‏(50)

(50) And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ‏(51)

(51) And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوْهُ فِى الزُّبُرِ‏(52)

(52) And everything they have done is in the writings.

وَ كُلُّ صَغِيْرٍ وَّكَبِيْرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ‏(53)

(53) And everything small and great is written down.

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِىْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَهَرٍۙ‏(54)

(54) Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

فِىْ مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيْكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ‏(55)

(55) In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.