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54:1  The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft
54:2  But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic
54:3  And they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but everything is unalterably fixed
54:4  A message of prohibition had come to them
54:5  Consummate wisdom - but warners profit them not
54:6  Quit them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business
54:7  With downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts
54:8  Hastening to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the distressful day."
54:9  Before them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected
54:10  Then cried he to his Lord, "Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour."
54:11  So we opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents
54:12  And we caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled decree
54:13  And we bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails
54:14  Under our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him who had been rejected with unbelief
54:15  And we left it a sign: but, is there any one who receives the warning
54:16  And how great was my vengeance and my menace
54:17  Easy for warning have we made the Koran - but, is there any one who receives the warning
54:18  The Adites called the truth a lie: but how great was my vengeance and my menace
54:19  For we sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress
54:20  It tore men away as though they were uprooted palm stumps
54:21  And how great was my vengeance and my menace
54:22  Easy for warning have we made the Koran - but, is there any one who receives the warning
54:23  The tribe of Themoud treated the threatenings as lies
54:24  And they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily should we be in error and in folly
54:25  To him alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an insolent person."
54:26  To-morrow shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent
54:27  "For we will send the she-camel to prove them: do thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient
54:28  And foretell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and that every draught shall come by turns to them."
54:29  But they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her
54:30  And how great was my vengeance and my menance
54:31  We sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the fold-builders
54:32  Easy have we made the Koran for warning - but, is there any one who receives the warning
54:33  The people of Lot treated his warning as a lie
54:34  But we sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at daybreak we delivered
54:35  By our special grace - for thus we reward the thankful
54:36  He, indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted
54:37  Even this guess did they demand: therefore we deprived them of sight, And said, "Taste ye my vengeance and my menace;"
54:38  And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them
54:39  [empty verse. see 54:37]
54:40  Easy have we made the Koran for warning but, is there any one who receives the warning
54:41  To the people of Pharaoh also came the threatenings
54:42  All our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong
54:43  Are your infidels, O Meccans, better men than these? Is there an exemption for you in the sacred Books
54:44  Will they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?"
54:45  The host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back
54:46  But, that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and bitter
54:47  Verily, the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly
54:48  On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste ye the touch of Hell."
54:49  All things have we created after a fixed decree
54:50  Our command was but one word, swift as the twinkling of an eye
54:51  Of old, too, have we destroyed the like of you - yet is any one warned
54:52  And everything that they do is in the Books
54:53  Each action, both small and great, is written down
54:54  Verily, amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell
54:55  In the seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King