English - Chapter 54 - Al-Qamar

The Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin) has drawn near and the moon is visited

And if they see a sign they turn away and say, "Another delusion

And they speak lies and follow their own desires. And every matter does come to a settlement

And surely there has come to them some of the news containing lessons

In mature wisdom; but warnings avail not

So turn away from them on the Day when the Summoner summons to a thing forbidding

With downcast eyes, they come out of the graves as though they were locusts dispersed

Hurrying on toward the Summoner, the suppressors of Truth say, "This is a hard day

Before them, Noah's people had denied! They denied Our devotee and said he was a mad man! And thus rebuffed was he

Then he prayed to his Lord, "I am defeated, so help me

We then opened gates of the sky with pouring water

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

And We carried him [Noah] upon something [Ark made] of planks and nails

That sailed under Our observation, in compensation for one [Noah] who was rejected

And We did leave it [Ark] behind as a Sign for posterity; but is there any to take heed

And see how My punishment was — and My warnings

And We have certainly made the Qur'aan easy for cultivating Firm Faith in and Remembrance of Me; but is there any to take heed

(The anscient tribe of) AAad rejected [divine guidance]. How then was My punishment and My warnings

We did indeed send upon them a furiously blowing wind on a day of constant calamity

It [wind] swept away men as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees

How then was My punishment and My warnings

And We have certainly made the Qur'aan easy for cultivating Firm Faith in and Remembrance of Me; but is there any to take heed

They said, "Is it an individual man, amongst us all, that we should follow? Then we are indeed into error and madness

Is the Zikr [divine revelation] bestowed only upon him, amongst us all? Nay, but he is an insolent liar

To-morrow they shall know who the insolent liar is

We are indeed sending the she-camel by way of a test for them. Just watch them and have patience

And tell them that the water is to be shared among them; every drink to be accounted for

But then they prevailed upon one of their companions to take hold of and hamstrung (her)

How then was My punishment and My warnings

We sent upon them just one loud, piercing sound, and they became as the dry twigs used by the builder of a cattle-fold

And We have certainly made the Qur'aan easy for cultivating Firm Faith in and Remembrance of Me; but is there any to take heed

Lot's people rejected warnings

We did indeed send a violent storm upon them all save the family of Lot, whom We saved in the wee hours before dawn

As favour from Us. Thus do We reward a grateful one

And he did warn them of Our Grip, but they had doubts on the veracity of the warnings

And they did try to seduce him about his guests. So We blinded their eyes, "Taste now My punishment and My warnings

And the punishment decreed did befall them early in the morning

Taste then My punishment and My warnings

And We have certainly made the Qur'aan easy for cultivating Firm Faith in and Remembrance of Me; but is there any to take heed

And warnings did come to the house of Pharao

They denied all Our Signs. Therefore We gripped them with a mighty, powerful Grip

Are your Truth-suppressors better than those [mentioned above], or have you some immunity [decreed for them] in the Scriptures

Or do they claim they are a united front

The front will soon be routed and put to flight

Moreover, the Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin) is their tryst with destiny, and the Hour shall be more grievous and bitter

The sinners are indeed into error and madness

The Day they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces to taste the feel of Hell

We have indeed created every thing to a measure

And Our Command is just one! Like the twinkling of an eye

And We did destroy the likes of you; but is there any to take heed

And every thing they did is in the Records

And everything, small and big, is duly recorded

The pious indeed will be among gardens and rivers

Seated in honour near the Most Powerful King