Sura LIV (54)
The Moon
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The
hour hath approached and the moon hath been cleft:
But
whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised
magic.
And
they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but
everything is unalterably fixed.
A
message of prohibition had come to them --
Consummate
wisdom -- but warners profit them not.
Quit
them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business,
With
downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were
scattered locusts,
Hastening
to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the
distressful day."
Before
them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge
with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected.
54:10 Then cried he to his Lord,
"Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour."
So we
opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents,
And we
caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled
decree.
And we
bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails.
Under
our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him
who had been rejected with unbelief.
And we
left it a sign: but, is there any one who
receives the warning?
And
how great was my vengeance and my menace!
Easy
for warning have we made the Koran -- but, is there any one who receives the
warning?
The
Adites called the truth a lie: but how great
was my vengeance and my menace;
For we
sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress:
54:20 It tore men away as though they were
uprooted palm stumps.
And
how great was my vengeance and my menace!
Easy
for warning have we made the Koran -- but, is there any one who receives the
warning?
The
tribe of Themoud treated the hreatenings as lies:
And
they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily
should we be in error and in folly.
To him
alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an
insolent person."
To-morrow
shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent.
"For
we will send the she-camel to prove them: do
thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient:
And
fortell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and
that every draught shall come by turns to them."
But
they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her.
54:30 And how great was my vengeance and my
menace!
We
sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the
fold-builders.
Easy
have we made the Koran for warning -- but, is there any one who receives the
warning?
The
people of Lot treated his warning as a lie;
But we
sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at
daybreak we delivered,
By our
special grace -- for thus we reward the thankful.
He,
indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted.
Even
this guess did they demand: therefore we
deprived them of sight,
And
said, "Taste you my vengeance and my menace;"
And in
the morning a relentless punishment overtook them.
54:40 Easy have we made the Koran for
warning -- but, is there any one who receives the warning?
To the
peoples of Pharaoh also came the threatenings:
All
our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only
can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong.
Are
your infidels, O Meccans, better men that these? Is there an exemption for you
in the sacred Books?
Will
they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?"
The
host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back.
But,
that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and
bitter.
Verily,
the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly.
On
that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste you
the touch of Hell."
All
things have we created after a fixed decree:
54:50 Our command was but one word, swift as
the twinkling of an eye,
Of
old, too, have we destroyed the like of you -- yet is any one warned?
And
everything that they do is in the Books;
Each
action, both small and great, is written down.
Verily,
amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell.
In the
seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King.