Al-Qamar
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُحْتَضَرٌ28
Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’
فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ29
But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ30
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ31
We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ32
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ33
The people of Lot rejected the warnings
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ34
We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before dawn
نِعْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَنْ شَكَرَ35
as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful
وَلَقَدْ أَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ36
He warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warning
وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ37
they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُسْتَقِرٌّ38
and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains
فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ39
‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ40
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ41
The people of Pharaoh also received warnings
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ42
They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَـٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ43
‘Are your disbelievers any better than these? Were you given an exemption in the Scripture?’
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ44
Do they perhaps say, ‘We are a great army and we shall be victorious’
سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ45
Their forces will be routed and they will turn tail and flee
بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ46
But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter
إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ47
truly the wicked are misguided and quite insane––
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ48
on the Day when they are dragged on their faces in Hell. ‘Feel the touch of Hell.’
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ49
We have created all things in due measure