English - Chapter 54 - Al-Qamar

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 messenger): 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 Allah)

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