54. "The Moon"
Koran.054 In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent the Merciful.
The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient
magic.
And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every
affair has its appointed term.
And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is
prevention—
Consummate wisdom— but warnings do not avail;
So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall
invite them to a hard task,
Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they
were scattered locusts,
Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard
day.
Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our
servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou
then to help.
So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the
water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My
punishment and My warning!
Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck
Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn
up.
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
Samood rejected the warning.
So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we
follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us?
Nay! he is an insolent liar!
Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them;
therefore watch them and have patience.
And inform them that the water is shared between them; every
share of the water shall be regulated.
But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and
slew (her).
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the
dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers;
We saved them a little before daybreak,
A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they
obstinately disputed the warning.
And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but
We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the
morning.
So taste My chastisement and My warning.
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them
after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an
exemption for you in the scriptures?
Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each
other?
Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most
grievous and bitter.
Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the
fire; taste the touch of hell.
Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is
there anyone who will mind?
And everything they have done is in the writings.
And everything small and great is written down.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and
rivers,
In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.
