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    English - Chapter 54

    Translation by A. J. Arberry

    Verse 1

    The Hour has drawn nigh: the moon is split

    Verse 2

    Yet if they see a sign they turn away, and they say 'A continuous sorcery

    Verse 3

    They have cried lies, and followed their caprices; but every matter is settled

    Verse 4

    And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent

    Verse 5

    a Wisdom far-reaching; yet warnings do not avail

    Verse 6

    So turn thou away from them. Upon the day when the Caller shall call unto a horrible thing

    Verse 7

    abasing their eyes, they shall come forth from the tombs as if they were scattered grasshoppers

    Verse 8

    running with outstretched necks to the Caller. The unbelievers shall say, 'This is a hard day

    Verse 9

    The people of Noah cried lies before them; they cried lies to Our servant, and said, 'A man possessed!' And he was rejected

    Verse 10

    And so he called unto his Lord, saying, 'I am vanquished; do Thou succour me

    Verse 11

    Then We opened the gates of heaven unto water torrential

    Verse 12

    and made the earth to gush with fountains, and the waters met for a matter decreed

    Verse 13

    And We bore him upon a well-planked vessel well-caulked

    Verse 14

    running before Our eyes-a recompense for him denied

    Verse 15

    And We left it for a sign. Is there any that will remember

    Verse 16

    How then were My chastisement and My warnings

    Verse 17

    Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

    Verse 18

    Ad cried lies. How then were My chastisement and My warnings

    Verse 19

    We loosed against them a wind clamorous in a day of ill fortune continuous

    Verse 20

    plucking up men as if they were stumps of uprooted palm-trees

    Verse 21

    How then were My chastisement and My warnings

    Verse 22

    Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

    Verse 23

    Thamood cried lies to the warnings

    Verse 24

    and said, 'What, shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then indeed we should be in error and insanity

    Verse 25

    Has the Reminder been cast upon him alone among us? Nay, rather he is an impudent liar

    Verse 26

    They shall surely know tomorrow who is the impudent liar

    Verse 27

    They shall send the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch thou them and keep patience

    Verse 28

    And tell them that the water is to be divided between them, each drink for each in turn

    Verse 29

    Then they called their comrade, and he took in hand, and hamstrung her

    Verse 30

    How then were My chastisement and My warnings

    Verse 31

    We loosed against them one Cry, and they were as the wattles of a pen-builder

    Verse 32

    Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

    Verse 33

    The people of Lot cried lies to the warnings

    Verse 34

    We loosed against them a squall of pebbles except the folk of Lot; We delivered them at the dawn

    Verse 35

    a blessing from Us; even so We recompense him who is thankful

    Verse 36

    He had warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warnings

    Verse 37

    Even his guests they had solicited of him; so We obliterated their eyes, saying, 'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings

    Verse 38

    In the morning early there came upon them a settled chastisement

    Verse 39

    Taste now My chastisement and My warnings

    Verse 40

    Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember

    Verse 41

    The warnings came also to Pharaoh's folk

    Verse 42

    They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with the seizing of One mighty, omnipotent

    Verse 43

    What, are your unbelievers better than those? Or have you an immunity in the Scrolls

    Verse 44

    Or do they say, 'We are a congregation that shall be succoured

    Verse 45

    Certainly the host shall be routed, and turn their backs

    Verse 46

    Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter

    Verse 47

    Surely the sinners are in error and insanity

    Verse 48

    The day when they are dragged on their faces into the Fire: 'Taste now the touch of Sakar

    Verse 49

    Surely We have created everything in measure

    Verse 50

    Our commandment is but one word, as the twinkling of an eye

    Verse 51

    We have destroyed the likes of you; is there any that will remember

    Verse 52

    Every thing that they have done is in the Scrolls

    Verse 53

    and everything, great and small, is inscribed

    Verse 54

    Surely the godfearing shall dwell amid gardens and a river

    Verse 55

    in a sure abode, in the presence of a King Omnipotent