سورة القمر : The splitting of the moon

Question 1

اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ‎﴿١﴾

Answer 1

The hour (of doom) has drawn near and the moon has split asunder (complete split)

Question 2

وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ‎﴿٢﴾

Answer 2

When these people see a sign, they turn away and say: ‘This is a transcient magic!’

Question 3

وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ‎﴿٣﴾‏

Answer 3

They have rejected (the truth) and followed their desires whilst every matter has to settle (at some time).

Question 4

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ‎﴿٤﴾

Answer 4

And there has come to them as much news (of the early communities) as it is enough to deter.

Question 5

حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ‎﴿٥﴾

Answer 5

(Containing) a perfect wisdom but the warnings are of no avail to them.

Question 6

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ‎﴿٦﴾‏

Answer 6

Therefore, turn aside (Oh prophet (s.a.w)) from them. (They will see the reality) on The Day in which the caller will call them to a gruesome object (account).

Question 7

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ‎﴿٧﴾

Answer 7

With their eyes humbled, they come out of the graves like locusts spread all over.

Question 8

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ‎﴿٨﴾‏

Answer 8

Rushing quickly towards the caller on that Day, the disbelievers will say: ‘This is a hard day’.

Question 9

۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ ‎﴿٩﴾‏

Answer 9

The people of Nuh (a.s.) denied (the truth) before them so they rejected Our servant and said: ‘He is a madman’ and he was also threatened (by them).

Question 10

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ ‎﴿١٠﴾

Answer 10

So he prayed to his Lord saying: ‘I am overpowered, so defend me’.

Question 11

فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ‎﴿١١﴾

Answer 11

So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring forth profusely (gushing out).

Question 12

وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ‎﴿١٢﴾‏

Answer 12

And We caused the Earth to gush forth as springs so the water (of both kinds) met together for a destined event.

Question 13

وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ‎﴿١٣﴾

Answer 13

And We caused him (Nuh (a.s.)) to board that ship which had planks and nails.

Question 14

تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ‎﴿١٤﴾

Answer 14

Which sailed under Our eyes as a reward for the one who was rejected (by the infidels).

Question 15

وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ‎﴿١٥﴾

Answer 15

And We left it (the ship) as a sign, so is there anyone to take lesson?

Question 16

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ‎﴿١٦﴾

Answer 16

Then how was My torment and My warnings?

Question 17

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ‎﴿١٧﴾

Answer 17

Indeed We have made The Qur’an easy for seeking advice. So is there anyone to heed to the advice?

Question 18

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ‎﴿١٨﴾

Answer 18

(The people) of Aad rejected (their prophet (a.s.)). So how was My torment and My warnings?

Question 19

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ‎﴿١٩﴾‏

Answer 19

We did send to them a furious wind in a day of continuous misfortune.

Question 20

تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ‎﴿٢٠﴾

Answer 20

Plucking people away as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.

Question 21

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ‎﴿٢١﴾

Answer 21

So how was My torment and My warnings?

Question 22

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ‎﴿٢٢﴾‏

Answer 22

Indeed We have made The Qur’an easy for seeking advice. So is there anyone to heed to the advice?

Question 23

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ ‎﴿٢٣﴾

Answer 23

The people of Thamud rejected the warners?

Question 24

فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ‎﴿٢٤﴾

Answer 24

So they said: ‘Shall we follow a single human being from us, then we will be in error and insanity’.

Question 25

أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ ‎﴿٢٥﴾

Answer 25

Is it that the advice has been cast upon him alone out of all of us? No, but he is a bragging liar.

Question 26

سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ ‎﴿٢٦﴾

Answer 26

Tomorrow, they will know who is the bragging liar.

Question 27

إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ ‎﴿٢٧﴾‏

Answer 27

We will send a she-camel to them as a trail, so watch them (Oh Salih (a.s)) and keep patience.

Question 28

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ‎﴿٢٨﴾‏

Answer 28

And tell them that water (of the well) is to be shared between them and the she-camel, so as the right of having drink shall be attended by each (alternatively).

Question 29

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ‎﴿٢٩﴾

Answer 29

Then they called their man (to kill the she-camel) so he undertook the task and killed (the she-camel).

Question 30

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ‎﴿٣٠﴾

Answer 30

So how was My torment and My warnings?

Question 31

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ ‎﴿٣١﴾‏

Answer 31

We sent upon them a single cry and they were like crushed leaves of a hedge builder.

Question 32

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ‎﴿٣٢﴾

Answer 32

Indeed We have made The Qur’an easy for seeking advice, so is there anyone to heed to the advice?

Question 33

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ ‎﴿٣٣﴾

Answer 33

The people of Lut (a.s) rejected the warners.

Question 34

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ ‎﴿٣٤﴾

Answer 34

We sent upon them a rain of stones except the family of Lut (a.s) whom We saved in the last hours of the night.

Question 35

نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ ‎﴿٣٥﴾‏

Answer 35

As a grace from us. This is how We reward the one who offers gratitude.

Question 36

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ ‎﴿٣٦﴾‏

Answer 36

And he (Lut (a.s)) had certainly warned them of Our grasp, but they disputed the warnings.

Question 37

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ‎﴿٣٧﴾

Answer 37

And they had even tried to tempt him (a.s) against his guests (so they may snatch them away for a bad purpose), but We blinded their eyes. Now taste My torment and My warnings!

Question 38

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ‎﴿٣٨﴾

Answer 38

And on the next morning, a lasting torment overtook them.

Question 39

فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ‎﴿٣٩﴾‏

Answer 39

Now taste My torment and My warnings.

Question 40

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ‎﴿٤٠﴾

Answer 40

Indeed We have made The Qur’an easy for seeking advice so is there anyone to heed to the advice?

Question 41

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ ‎﴿٤١﴾

Answer 41

And the warners came to the family of pharoah.

Question 42

كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ‎﴿٤٢﴾‏

Answer 42

But they rejected all Our signs and We seized them a seizure by one Mighty, Powerful.

Question 43

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ ‎﴿٤٣﴾‏

Answer 43

Are the disbelievers amongst you in a better position than all of the aforesaid (punished people) or do you have immunity (recorded) in the sacred books.

Question 44

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ ‎﴿٤٤﴾

Answer 44

Or do they say: ‘We are a large group well defended?’

Question 45

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ ‎﴿٤٥﴾

Answer 45

Soon this large group shall be defeated and all of them will turn their backs.

Question 46

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ‎﴿٤٦﴾

Answer 46

Rather, The Hour (of Judgement) is their appointed time (for their full recompense) and The Hour is more calamitous and much more bitter.

Question 47

إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ‎﴿٤٧﴾‏

Answer 47

Surely the guilty ones are in error and madness.

Question 48

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ ‎﴿٤٨﴾

Answer 48

On The Day when they will be dragged into the fire on their faces (it will be said to them): ‘Taste the touch of Hell!’

Question 49

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ ‎﴿٤٩﴾‏

Answer 49

Verily We have created everything according to (Our) predestination.

Question 50

وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ ‎﴿٥٠﴾

Answer 50

And (implementation) of Our command is no more than a single act like the twinkling of an eye.

Question 51

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ‎﴿٥١﴾

Answer 51

We have destroyed people like you so is there anyone to take lesson?

Question 52

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ ‎﴿٥٢﴾‏

Answer 52

And everything they have done is recorded in the books (of deeds).

Question 53

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ‎﴿٥٣﴾‏

Answer 53

Everything small and big is written down.

Question 54

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ ‎﴿٥٤﴾

Answer 54

Of course the God-fearing will be in gardens and rivers.

Question 55

فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ‎﴿٥٥﴾‏

Answer 55

In a seat near to The Fully-Powerful Sovereign.