| 54 ) Qamar | |||
| 1 | The hour ( of Judgment ) is nigh and the moon is cleft asunder. | ||
| 2 | But if they see a Sign they turn away and say " This is ( but ) transient magic. " | ||
| 3 | They reject ( the warning ) and follow their ( own ) lusts but every matter has its appointed time. | ||
| 4 | There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is ( enough ) to check ( them ). | ||
| 5 | Mature wisdom but ( the preaching of ) Warners profits them not. | ||
| 6 | Therefore ( O Prophet ) turn away from them. The day that the Caller will call ( them ) to a terrible affair. | ||
| 7 | They will come forth their eyes humbled from ( their ) graves ( torpid ) like locusts scattered abroad. | ||
| 8 | Hastening with eyes transfixed towards the Caller! " Hard is this Day! " the Unbelievers will say. | ||
| 9 | Before them the People of Noah rejected ( their apostle ): they rejected Our servant and said " Here is one possessed! " and he was driven out. | ||
| 10 | Then he called on his Lord: " I am one overcome: do thou then help ( me )! " | ||
| 11 | So We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth. | ||
| 12 | And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs so the waters met ( and rose ) to the extent decreed. | ||
| 13 | But We bore him on an ( Ark ) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre: | ||
| 14 | She floats under Our eyes ( and care ): a recompense to one who had been rejected ( with scorn )! | ||
| 15 | And We have left this as a Sign ( for all time ): then is there any that will receive admonition?. | ||
| 16 | But how ( terrible ) was My Penalty and My Warning?. | ||
| 17 | And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?. | ||
| 18 | The 'Ad ( people ) ( too ) rejected ( Truth ): then how terrible was my Penalty and my Warning! | ||
| 19 | For We sent against them a furious wind on a Day of violent Disaster. | ||
| 20 | Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up ( from the ground ). | ||
| 21 | Yea how ( terrible ) was my Penalty and my Warning! | ||
| 22 | But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?. | ||
| 23 | The Thamud ( also ) rejected ( their ) Warners. | ||
| 24 | For they said: " what! a man! a solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind and mad! | ||
| 25 | " Is It that the Message is sent to him of all people amongst us? Nay he is a liar an insolent one! " | ||
| 26 | Ah! they will know on the morrow which is the liar the insolent one! | ||
| 27 | For We will send the she camel by way of trial for them. So watch them ( o Saleh ) and possess thyself in patience! | ||
| 28 | And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: each one's right to drink being brought forward ( by suitable turns ). | ||
| 29 | But they called to their companion and he took a sword in hand and hamstrung ( her ). | ||
| 30 | Ah! how ( terrible ) was My Penalty and My Warning! | ||
| 31 | For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle. | ||
| 32 | And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?. | ||
| 33 | The People of Lut rejected ( his ) Warning. | ||
| 34 | We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones ( which destroyed them ) except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn | ||
| 35 | As a Grace from Us: Thus do We reward those who give thanks. | ||
| 36 | And ( Lut ) did warn them of Our Punishment but they disputed about the Warning. | ||
| 37 | And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him but We blinded their eyes. ( They heard: ) " now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning. " | ||
| 38 | Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them: | ||
| 39 | " So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning. " | ||
| 40 | And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?. | ||
| 41 | To the people of Pharaoh too aforetime came Warners ( from Allah ). | ||
| 42 | The ( people ) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty ( as comes ) from One Exalted in Power able to carry out His Will. | ||
| 43 | Are your Unbelievers ( O Quraish ) better than they? or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?. | ||
| 44 | Or do they say: " We acting together can defend ourselves "?. | ||
| 45 | Soon will their multitude be put to flight and they will show their backs. | ||
| 46 | Nay the Hour ( of Judgment ) is the time promised them ( for their full recompense ): And that Hour will be Most grievous and most bitter. | ||
| 47 | Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind and mad. | ||
| 48 | The day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces ( they will hear: ) " Tastes ye the touch of Hell! " | ||
| 49 | Verily all things have We created in proportion and measure. | ||
| 50 | And Our command is but a single ( Act ) like the twinkling of an eye. | ||
| 51 | And ( oft ) in the past have We destroyed gangs like unto you: Then is there any that will receive admonition?. | ||
| 52 | All that they do is noted in ( their ) Books ( of Deeds ): | ||
| 53 | Every matter small and great is on record. | ||
| 54 | As to the Righteous they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers. | ||
| 55 | In an Assembly of Truth in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent. | ||