| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The Hour has drawn nigh: the moon is split |
| 54:2 | | Yet if they see a sign they turn away, and they say 'A continuous sorcery! |
| 54:3 | | They have cried lies, and followed their caprices; but every matter is settled |
| 54:4 | | And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent - |
| 54:5 | | a Wisdom far-reaching; yet warnings do not avail |
| 54:6 | | So turn thou away from them. Upon the day when the Caller shall call unto a horrible thing |
| 54:7 | | abasing their eyes, they shall come forth from the tombs as if they were scattered grasshoppers |
| 54:8 | | running with outstretched necks to the Caller. The unbelievers shall say, 'This is a hard day! |
| 54:9 | | The people of Noah cried lies before them; they cried lies to Our servant, and said, 'A man possessed!' And he was rejected |
| 54:10 | | And so he called unto his Lord, saying, 'I am vanquished; do Thou succour me! |
| 54:11 | | Then We opened the gates of heaven unto water torrential |
| 54:12 | | and made the earth to gush with fountains, and the waters met for a matter decreed |
| 54:13 | | And We bore him upon a well-planked vessel well-caulke |
| 54:14 | | running before Our eyes-a recompense for him denied |
| 54:15 | | And We left it for a sign. Is there any that will remember |
| 54:16 | | How then were My chastisement and My warnings |
| 54:17 | | Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember |
| 54:18 | | Ad cried lies. How then were My chastisement and My warnings |
| 54:19 | | We loosed against them a wind clamorous in a day of ill fortune continuous |
| 54:20 | | plucking up men as if they were stumps of uprooted palm-trees |
| 54:21 | | How then were My chastisement and My warnings |
| 54:22 | | Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember |
| 54:23 | | Thamood cried lies to the warning |
| 54:24 | | and said, 'What, shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then indeed we should be in error and insanity |
| 54:25 | | Has the Reminder been cast upon him alone among us? Nay, rather he is an impudent liar. |
| 54:26 | | 'They shall surely know tomorrow who is the impudent liar |
| 54:27 | | They shall send the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch thou them and keep patience |
| 54:28 | | And tell them that the water is to be divided between them, each drink for each in turn |
| 54:29 | | Then they called their comrade, and he took in hand, and hamstrung her |
| 54:30 | | How then were My chastisement and My warnings |
| 54:31 | | We loosed against them one Cry, and they were as the wattles of a pen-builder |
| 54:32 | | Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot cried lies to the warnings |
| 54:34 | | We loosed against them a squall of pebbles except the folk of Lot; We delivered them at the dawn - |
| 54:35 | | a blessing from Us; even so We recompense him who is thankful |
| 54:36 | | He had warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warnings |
| 54:37 | | Even his guests they had solicited of him; so We obliterated their eyes, saying, 'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings! |
| 54:38 | | In the morning early there came upon them a settled chastisement |
| 54:39 | | 'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings! |
| 54:40 | | Now We have made the Koran easy for Remembrance. Is there any that will remember |
| 54:41 | | The warnings came also to Pharaoh's folk |
| 54:42 | | They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with the seizing of One mighty, omnipotent |
| 54:43 | | What, are your unbelievers better than those? Or have you an immunity in the Scrolls |
| 54:44 | | Or do they say, 'We are a congregation that shall be succoured? |
| 54:45 | | Certainly the host shall be routed, and turn their backs |
| 54:46 | | Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter |
| 54:47 | | Surely the sinners are in error and insanity |
| 54:48 | | The day when they are dragged on their faces into the Fire: 'Taste now the touch of Sakar! |
| 54:49 | | Surely We have created everything in measure |
| 54:50 | | Our commandment is but one word, as the twinkling of an eye |
| 54:51 | | We have destroyed the likes of you; is there any that will remember |
| 54:52 | | Every thing that they have done is in the Scrolls |
| 54:53 | | and everything, great and small, is inscribed |
| 54:54 | | Surely the godfearing shall dwell amid gardens and a rive |
| 54:55 | | in a sure abode, in the presence of a King Omnipotent |
