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
[54:34]
Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all)
save the family of
[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!
[54:40]
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 ?
[54:45]
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.
[54:49]
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
[54:50]
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,
[54:53]
And every small and great thing is recorded.
[54:54]
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and
rivers,
[54:55]
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty
King.