| | George Sale rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The hour of judgment approacheth; and the moon hath been split in sunder |
| 54:2 | | But if the unbelievers see a sign, they turn aside, saying, this is a powerful charm |
| 54:3 | | And they accuse thee, O Mohammed, of imposture, and follow their own lusts: But every thing will be immutably fixed |
| 54:4 | | And now hath a message come unto them, wherein is a determent from obstinate infidelity |
| 54:5 | | the same being consummate wisdom: But warners profit them not |
| 54:6 | | wherefore do thou withdraw from them. The day whereon the summoner shall summon mankind to an ungrateful business |
| 54:7 | | they shall come forth from their graves with down-cast looks: Numerous as locusts scattered far abroad |
| 54:8 | | hastening with terror unto the summoner. The unbelievers shall say, this is a day of distress |
| 54:9 | | The people of Noah accused that prophet of imposture, before thy people rejected thee: They accused our servant of imposture, saying, he is a madman; and he was rejected with reproach |
| 54:10 | | He called, therefore, upon his Lord, saying, verily I am overpowered; wherefore avenge me |
| 54:11 | | So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring down |
| 54:12 | | and We caused the earth to break forth into springs; so that the water of heaven and earth met, according to the decree which had been established |
| 54:13 | | And We bare him on a vessel composed of planks and nails |
| 54:14 | | which moved forward under our eyes: As a recompense unto him who had been ungratefully rejected |
| 54:15 | | And We left the said vessel for a sign: But is any one warned thereby |
| 54:16 | | And how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening |
| 54:17 | | Now have We made the Koran easy for admoniton: But is any one admonished thereby |
| 54:18 | | Ad charged their prophet with imposture: But how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening |
| 54:19 | | Verily We sent against them a roaring wind, on a day of continued ill-luck |
| 54:20 | | It carried men away, as though they had been roots of palm-trees forcibly torn up |
| 54:21 | | And how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening |
| 54:22 | | Now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby |
| 54:23 | | Thamud charged the admonitions of their prophet with falsehood |
| 54:24 | | and said, shall we follow a single man among us? Verily we should then be guilty of error, and preposterous madness |
| 54:25 | | Is the office of admonition committed unto him preferably to the rest of us? Nay; he is a liar, and an insolent fellow |
| 54:26 | | But God said to Saleh, to morrow shall they know who is the liar, and the insolent person |
| 54:27 | | For We will surely send the she-camel for a trial of them; and do thou observe them, and bear their insults with patience |
| 54:28 | | And prophesy unto them that the water shall be divided between them, and each portion shall be sat down to alternately |
| 54:29 | | And they called their companion: And he took a sword, and slew her |
| 54:30 | | But how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening |
| 54:31 | | For We sent against them one cry of the angel Gabriel, and they became like the dry sticks used by him who buildeth a fold for cattle |
| 54:32 | | And now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot charged his preaching with falsehood |
| 54:34 | | But We sent against them a wind driving a shower of stones, which destroyed them all except the family of Lot; whom We delivered early in the morning |
| 54:35 | | through favour from Us. Thus do We reward those who are thankful |
| 54:36 | | And Lot had warned them of our severity in chastising; but they doubted of that warning |
| 54:37 | | And they demanded his guests of him, that they might abuse them: But We put out their eyes, saying, taste my vengeance, and my threatening |
| 54:38 | | And early in the morning a lasting punishment surprized them |
| 54:39 | | Taste, therefore, my vengeance, and my threatening |
| 54:40 | | Now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby |
| 54:41 | | The warning of Moses also came unto the people of Pharaoh |
| 54:42 | | but they charged every one of our signs with imposture: Wherefore We chastised them with a mighty and irresistible chastisement |
| 54:43 | | Are your unbelievers, O Meccans, better than these? Is immunity from punishment promised unto you in the scriptures |
| 54:44 | | Do they say, we are a body of men able to prevail against our enemies |
| 54:45 | | The multitude shall surely be put to flight, and shall turn their back |
| 54:46 | | But the hour of judgment is their threatened time of punishment: And that hour shall be more grievous and more bitter than their afflictions in this life |
| 54:47 | | Verily the wicked wander in error, and shall be tormented hereafter in burning flames |
| 54:48 | | On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces; and it shall be said unto them, taste ye the touch of hell |
| 54:49 | | All things have We created bound by a fixed decree |
| 54:50 | | And our command is no more than a single word, like the twinkling of an eye |
| 54:51 | | We have formerly destroyed nations like unto you; but is any of you warned by their example |
| 54:52 | | Every thing which they do is recorded in the books kept by the guardian angels |
| 54:53 | | And every action, both small and great, is written down in the preserved table |
| 54:54 | | Moreover the pious shall dwell among gardens and rivers |
| 54:55 | | in the assembly of truth, in the presence of a most potent king |
