Surah 54 The Moon - Al-Qamar, 55 verses (Makka)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is
cleft asunder.
- But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say,
"This is (but) transient magic."
- They reject (the warning) and follow their (own)
lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
- There have already come to them Recitals wherein
there is (enough) to check (them),
- Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners
profits them not.
- Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The
Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible
affair,
- They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from
(their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
- Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the
Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
- Before them the People of Noah rejected (their
apostle): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is
one possessed!", and he was driven out.
- Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do
Thou then help (me)!"
- So We opened the gates of heaven, with water
pouring forth.
- And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs,
so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
- But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks
and caulked with palm-fibre:
- She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense
to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
- And We have left this as a Sign (for all time):
then is there any that will receive admonition?
- But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
- And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to
understand and remember: then is there any that will
receive admonition?
- The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how
terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
- For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day
of violent Disaster,
- Plucking out men as if they were roots of
palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
- Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
- But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to
understand and remember: then is there any that will
receive admonition?
- The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
- For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from
among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly
should we then be straying in mind, and mad!
- "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all
people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
- Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the
liar, the insolent one!
- For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for
them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in
patience!
- And tell them that the water is to be divided
between them: Each one's right to drink being brought
forward (by suitable turns).
- But they called to their companion, and he took a
sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
- Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
- For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and
they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens
cattle.
- And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to
understand and remember: then is there any that will
receive admonition?
- The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
- We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers
of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's
household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
- As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who
give thanks.
- And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they
disputed about the Warning.
- And they even sought to snatch away his guests from
him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now
taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
- Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized
them:
- "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
- And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to
understand and remember: then is there any that will
receive admonition?
- To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came
Warners (from God).
- The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized
them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in
Power, able to carry out His Will.
- Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than
they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
- Or do they say: "We acting together can defend
ourselves"?
- Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and
they will show their backs.
- Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised
them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be
most grievous and most bitter.
- Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind,
and mad.
- The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on
their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of
Hell!"
- Verily, all things have We created in proportion
and measure.
- And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the
twinkling of an eye.
- And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like
unto you: then is there any that will receive
admonition?
- All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of
Deeds):
- Every matter, small and great, is on record.
- As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of
Gardens and Rivers,
- In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a
Sovereign Omnipotent.
Quran
Surah 53 The Star
Surah 54 The Moon
Surah 55 The Beneficent