English - Chapter 54 - Al-Qamar

The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split

They lied, and followed their opinions, but everything has its time

And there came to them news containing a deterrent

Profound wisdom—but warnings are of no avail

So turn away from them. On the Day when the Caller calls to something terrible

Their eyes humiliated, they will emerge from the graves, as if they were swarming locusts

Scrambling towards the Caller, the disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult Day.”

Before them the people of Noah disbelieved. They rejected Our servant, and said, “Crazy,” and he was rebuked

So he appealed to his Lord, “I am overwhelmed, so help me.”

So We opened the floodgates of heaven with water pouring down

And We made the earth burst with springs, and the waters met for a purpose already destined

And We carried him on a craft of planks and nails

Sailing before Our eyes; a reward for him who was rejected

And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who would take heed

So how were My punishment and My warnings

We made the Quran easy to learn. Is there anyone who would learn

Aad denied the truth. So how were My punishment and My warnings

We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, on a day of unrelenting misery

Plucking the people away, as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees

So how were My punishment and My warnings

We made the Quran easy to remember. Is there anyone who would remember

Thamood rejected the warnings

They said, “Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell

Was the message given to him, out of all of us? In fact, he is a wicked liar.”

They will know tomorrow who the wicked liar is

We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and be patient

And inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each share of drink made available

But they called their friend, and he dared, and he slaughtered

So how were My punishment and My warnings

We sent against them a single Scream, and they became like crushed hay

We made the Quran easy to understand. Is there anyone who would understand

The people of Lot rejected the warnings

We unleashed upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot; We rescued them at dawn

A blessing from Us. Thus We reward the thankful

He had warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warnings

They even lusted for his guest, so We obliterated their eyes. “So taste My punishment and My warnings.”

Early morning brought upon them enduring punishment

So taste My punishment and My warnings

We made the Quran easy to memorize. Is there anyone who would memorize

The warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh

They rejected Our signs, all of them, so We seized them—the seizure of an Almighty Omnipotent

Are your unbelievers better than all those? Or do you have immunity in the scriptures

Or do they say, “We are united, and we will be victorious”

The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs

The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter

The wicked are in confusion and madness

The Day when they are dragged upon their faces into the Fire: “Taste the touch of Saqar.”

Everything We created is precisely measured

And Our command is but once, like the twinkling of an eye

We have destroyed your likes. Is there anyone who would ponder

Everything they have done is in the Books

Everything, small or large, is written down

The righteous will be amidst gardens and rivers

In an assembly of virtue, in the presence of an Omnipotent King