54. Al-Qamar

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

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

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

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

5 Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not

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

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

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

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

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

11 Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings

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

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

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

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

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

39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings

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

41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

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

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

44 Or say they: We are a host victorious

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

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)

47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness

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

49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure

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

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

52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures

53 And every small and great thing is recorded

54 Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers

55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King