The Holy Qur'an

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Chapter 54 - "The Moon"

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful.

54.1: The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

54.2: And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.

54.3: And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.

54.4: And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention --

54.5: Consummate wisdom -- but warnings do not avail;

54.6: So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,

54.7: Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,

54.8: Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.

54.9: Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

54.10: Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

54.11: So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

54.12: And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

54.13: And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

54.14: Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

54.15: And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

54.16: How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

54.17: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

54.18: Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!

54.19: Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck

54.20: Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.

54.21: How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

54.22: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

54.23: Samood rejected the warning.

54.24: 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:

54.25: Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!

54.26: Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

54.27: Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

54.28: And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.

54.29: But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).

54.30: How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

54.31: Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

54.32: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

54.33: The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.

54.34: Surely We sent upon them a stone storm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

54.35: A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.

54.36: And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.

54.37: And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.

54.38: And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.

54.39: So taste My chastisement and My warning.

54.40: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

54.41: And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

54.42: They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after.the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

54.43: Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

54.44: Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

54.45: Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

54.46: Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

54.47: Surely the guilty are in error and distress.

54.48: On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.

54.49: Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

54.50: And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

54.51: And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

54.52: And everything they have done is in the writings.

54.53: And everything small and great is written down.

54.54: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

54.55: In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.

 

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