English - Chapter 54 - Al-Qamar

The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon has been cleaved

and if they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Incessant sorcery!”

They denied and followed their caprices—and every matter shall be made to endure

Indeed reports have come to them wherein is a reproof

conclusive wisdom, but the warnings availed not

So turn away from them on the Day wherein the caller will call unto a terrible thing

With their eyes humbled they emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts

scrambling toward the caller. The disbelievers say, “This is a calamitous day.”

The people of Noah denied before them, for they denied Our servant and said, “Possessed!” And he was reproved

Then he called upon his Lord, “Truly I am overcome. Help!”

So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water

and We caused the earth to burst forth with springs, such that the waters met for a matter determined

Then We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails

coursing under Our Eyes as a recompense for one who was rejected

And indeed We left it as a sign; so is there any who remembers

And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers

Ad denied. How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings

Truly We sent upon them a howling wind on a day of incessant misfortune

tearing out people as if they were uprooted palm trunks

How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings

And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers

Thamud denied the warnings

They said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we would surely be astray and mad

Has the reminder been cast upon him from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar.”

On the morrow they will know who is the insolent liar

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

And inform them that the water is to be divided among them—each share of drink equitably proportioned

Then they called their companion, and he took in hand and hamstrung [her]

How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings

Truly We sent upon them a single cry, and they were like a fence maker’s dry sticks

And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers

The people of Lot denied the warnings

Truly We sent upon them a torrent of stones, save the family of Lot, whom We delivered at dawn

as a blessing from Us. Thus do We requite whosoever gives thanks

And indeed he had warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warnings

They had sought to lure him from his guests; so We blotted out their eyes. So taste My Punishment and My warnings

And indeed an enduring punishment greeted them early in the morning

So taste My Punishment and My warnings

And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers

And indeed the warnings came unto the House of Pharaoh

They denied Our signs—all of them; so We seized them with the seizing of One Mighty, Omnipotent

Are your disbelievers better than those? Or have you some exemption in the scriptures

Or do they say, “We are a host victorious!”

The whole shall be routed and they will turn [their] backs

Nay! The Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter

Truly the guilty are astray and mad

On the Day they are dragged upon their faces into the Fire, “Taste the touch of Saqar.”

Truly We have created everything according to a measure

And Our Command is naught but one, like the blinking of an eye

We have indeed destroyed the likes of you; so is there any who remembers

Everything that they have done is in the scriptures

everything small and great is inscribed

Truly the reverent are amidst Gardens and a stream

upon a seat of truth before an Omnipotent King