The Moon

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

[54:1]

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

[54:2]

And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.

[54:3]

They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision

[54:4]

And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,

[54:5]

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

[54:6]

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.

[54:7]

With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,

[54:8]

Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.

[54:9]

The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.

[54:10]

So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.

[54:11]

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

[54:12]

And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.

[54:13]

And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

[54:14]

That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.

[54:15]

And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?

[54:16]

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

[54:17]

And in truth We have made the Qur’an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

[54:18]

(The tribe of) A’ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.

[54:19]

Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,

[54:20]

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm- trees.

[54:21]

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

[54:22]

And in truth We have made the Qur’an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

[54:23]

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

[54:24]

For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow ? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

[54:25]

Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.

[54:26]

(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.

[54:27]

Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;

[54:28]

And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.

[54:29]

But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).

[54:30]

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

[54:31]

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.

[54:32]

And in truth We have made the Qur’an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

[54:33]

The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

[54:34]

Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,

[54:35]

As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.

[54:36]

And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.

[54:37]

They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!

[54:38]

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.

[54:39]

Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

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And in truth We have made the Qur’an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

[54:41]

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

[54:42]

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

[54:43]

Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?

[54:44]

Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

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The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

[54:46]

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

[54:47]

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

[54:48]

On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.

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Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

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

[54:51]

And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?

[54:52]

And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

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And every small and great thing is recorded.

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Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

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Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.