English - Chapter 54 - Al-Qamar

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

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

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 threatenings 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 foretell 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

And how great was my vengeance and my menance

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 ye my vengeance and my menace

And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them

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Easy have we made the Koran for warning but, is there any one who receives the warning

To the people 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 than 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 ye the touch of Hell

All things have we created after a fixed decree

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