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