| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The Hour approaches and the Moon is splitting apart! |
| 54:2 | | Yet if they see any sign, they avoid it and say: ´It´s constant magic!" |
| 54:3 | | They deny [it all] and follow their own whims, even though every matter has been settled. |
| 54:4 | | News has come to them containing a rebuke, |
| 54:5 | | as eloquent wisdom, even though warners can get nowhere. |
| 54:6 | | So turn away from them on the day when the Crier will call out about a horrible event. |
| 54:7 | | Their eyes cast down, they will issue forth from their tombs as if they were scattered grasshoppers |
| 54:8 | | dashing along towards the Crier. Disbelievers will say: "This is such a hard day!" |
| 54:9 | | Noah´s folk denied it long before them; they rejected Our servant and said: "[He´s] crazy!", and he was rebuffed. |
| 54:10 | | He appealed to his Lord: "I have been overpowered, so support [me]!" |
| 54:11 | | So We opened Heaven´s gates for water to pour down. |
| 54:12 | | We drilled the earth full of springs and the waters met at a command which had been decreed. |
| 54:13 | | We transported him on something built with planks and caulking |
| 54:14 | | which sailed on before Our eyes, as a reward for someone who had been rejected. |
| 54:15 | | We left it as a sign; yet will anyone bear it in mind? |
| 54:16 | | How were My torment, and My warnings? |
| 54:17 | | We have made the Quran easy to memorize; yet will anyone [bother to] memorize it? |
| 54:18 | | Ad rejected it. How were My torment, and My warnings? |
| 54:19 | | We sent a howling gale against them on a day full of continuous misfortune |
| 54:20 | | which snatched men up as if they were hollow palm trunks. |
| 54:21 | | How were My torment, and My warnings! |
| 54:22 | | We have made the Quran easy to memorize; yet will anyone memorize it? |
| 54:23 | | Thamud rejected My warnings too |
| 54:24 | | and they said: "Are we to follow a single human being from among ourselves? We would then be in error and frenzy. |
| 54:25 | | Has the Reminder been delivered merely to him among Us? Instead he is a brash liar." |
| 54:26 | | Tomorrow they will know who the brash liar is! |
| 54:27 | | We are sending them a she-camel as a test, so watch them and act patient. |
| 54:28 | | Announce to them how water must be shared among them; each will have his own special time to drink. |
| 54:29 | | They called out to their companion; and he assumed the task and hamstrung [her]. |
| 54:30 | | How were My torment, and My warnings? |
| 54:31 | | (We sent a single Blast against them so they [lay] like dry stalks caught in a fence corner.) |
| 54:32 | | We have made the Quran easy to memorize; yet will anyone [bother to] memorize it? |
| 54:33 | | Lot´s people rejected the warnings. |
| 54:34 | | We sent a sandstorm against them, except for Lot´s own household whom We saved at daybreak |
| 54:35 | | as a favor from Ourself; thus We reward anyone who acts grateful. |
| 54:36 | | He had warned them of Our onslaught, yet they discredited the warnings. |
| 54:37 | | They tried to coax his guests away from him, so We dazzled their eyes. "Taste My torment and My warnings!" |
| 54:38 | | Early one, morning, unavoidable torment dawned upon them. |
| 54:39 | | "Taste My torment and My warnings!" |
| 54:40 | | We have made the Quran easy to memorize; yet will anyone memorize it? |
| 54:41 | | Warnings came to Pharaoh´s court. |
| 54:42 | | Yet they rejected Our signs completely, so We seized them the way a Powerful, Competent person would seize [them]. |
| 54:43 | | Are your disbelievers any better than those men were, or have you some dispensation [to be found] in the Psalms? |
| 54:44 | | Or do they say: "We all support one another"? |
| 54:45 | | They will all be defeated together and turn their backs [to run away]. |
| 54:46 | | Indeed the Hour has been promised them; the Hour will be quite disastrous and most bitter. |
| 54:47 | | Criminals will be lost in error and frenzy. |
| 54:48 | | Some day they will be dragged face down through the Fire: "Experience the sense of scorching!" |
| 54:49 | | We have created everything in due proportion. |
| 54:50 | | Our command comes only once, in the twinkling of an eye! |
| 54:51 | | We wiped out your adherents; does no one recall it? |
| 54:52 | | Everything they did is [to be found] in the Psalms; |
| 54:53 | | everything small or great has been recorded. |
| 54:54 | | The heedful will be by gardens and a river |
| 54:55 | | in a sure position under a Competent Sovereign. |
