| | Ahmed Hulusi rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The Hour has neared and the Moon (Qamar) has split asunder! |
| 54:2 | | Yet when they see a miracle they turn away and say, “Ordinary magic”! |
| 54:3 | | They deny and follow their own baseless desires (all that is pleasing to their egos)! But every matter will be settled! |
| 54:4 | | Indeed, there has come to them news in which there is deterrence. |
| 54:5 | | Wisdom (erudite knowledge with an accurate explanation of the purpose)! Yet warning does not help (the intellectually incapacitated)! |
| 54:6 | | So, turn away from them! At that time when the Caller calls to the terrifying event... |
| 54:7 | | Their eyes will be cast down in terror, they will emerge from their graves (cocoons) as if they are locusts spreading about. |
| 54:8 | | Those who deny the knowledge of the reality will run to the Caller saying, “This is an intense day!” |
| 54:9 | | Before them the people of Noah had also denied. They denied Our servant and said, “He is possessed” and prevented him (from his mission). |
| 54:10 | | So, he (Noah) prayed to his Rabb, “Indeed, I am overpowered, help me.” |
| 54:11 | | And We opened the gates of heaven with pouring rain! |
| 54:12 | | And caused the earth to burst with springs and the waters met for a purpose, which had been decreed! |
| 54:13 | | We carried him (Noah) on (the Ark) made of planks and nails. |
| 54:14 | | (The Ark) sailed under Our supervision. To requite the one who had been shown ingratitude (Noah)! |
| 54:15 | | Indeed, We left it (the Ark) behind as a sign (for the people)! Is there not anyone who thinks? |
| 54:16 | | Look at how My suffering and warning was fulfilled! |
| 54:17 | | Indeed We have eased the Quran that the reality may be remembered and contemplated! Is there not anyone who thinks? |
| 54:18 | | Aad also denied! And how was My suffering and warning fulfilled? |
| 54:19 | | Indeed, We sent upon them a hurricane of continuous destruction on an unfortunate day. |
| 54:20 | | Extracting the people as if they were uprooted trunks of palm trees. |
| 54:21 | | And My suffering and warnings were fulfilled! |
| 54:22 | | Indeed, We have simplified the Quran, that the reality may be remembered and contemplated! Is there not anyone who thinks? |
| 54:23 | | And Thamud also denied. |
| 54:24 | | They said, “Are we to follow a man like us? Indeed, we would then be astray from our faith and in foolishness.” |
| 54:25 | | “Has dhikr (the reminder of the knowledge of the reality) been sent to him from among all of us? Rather, he is an insolent liar!” |
| 54:26 | | They will know who the insolent liar is soon! |
| 54:27 | | Indeed, We disclosed to them a she-camel as an object of trial... So, observe them and be patient. |
| 54:28 | | And give them the news that the water has been shared between them... Each group is to take their share in turn. |
| 54:29 | | They called out to their friends. They took their share and then savagely hamstrung her! |
| 54:30 | | And how was My suffering and warning fulfilled! |
| 54:31 | | Indeed, We disclosed upon them the single blast (an intense vibrant sound) and they became like crumbs and debris (which they give to their cattle). |
| 54:32 | | Indeed, We have eased the Quran that the reality may be remembered and contemplated! So, is there not anyone who thinks? |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot also denied the warner. |
| 54:34 | | Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones... Except for the family of Lot... We saved them at dawn. |
| 54:35 | | As a favor from Us... Thus We requite the grateful! |
| 54:36 | | Indeed, he (Lot) warned them of Our intense seizure, but they doubted the warners! |
| 54:37 | | Indeed, they wanted to take advantage (lustfully) of his (Lot’s) guests so We blinded their vision, saying, “Taste My suffering and warnings now!” |
| 54:38 | | And indeed, the deserved suffering was effectuated upon them in the morning. |
| 54:39 | | So, taste My suffering and My warnings now! |
| 54:40 | | Indeed, We have simplified the Quran, that the reality may be remembered and contemplated! So, is there not anyone who thinks? |
| 54:41 | | Indeed, warners came also to the family of Pharaoh. |
| 54:42 | | But they denied all of Our signs! So We seized them with unchallengeable might! |
| 54:43 | | Are your deniers of the knowledge of the reality better than these? Or have you been given news of immunity in the scriptures (the revealed knowledge of wisdom)? |
| 54:44 | | Or do they say, “We are a community supporting each other”? |
| 54:45 | | Soon that community will be defeated and they will turn their backs and flee! |
| 54:46 | | No, the Hour (of death) is when they will meet the suffering! That hour is more intense and more painful (than being defeated in war). |
| 54:47 | | Indeed, the guilty are in error and foolishness. |
| 54:48 | | They will be dragged into the Fire on their faces that day! And it will be said, “Taste the burning of Saqar (Hell)!” |
| 54:49 | | Indeed, We have created everything with its program (qadar – fate). |
| 54:50 | | Our command (the order and the execution) is one; like a glance of the eye (everything transpires in a ‘single instance’ in the sight of Allah)! |
| 54:51 | | Indeed, We destroyed many of your kinds... So, is there not anyone who will ponder on this? |
| 54:52 | | The knowledge of everything they do is recorded in the Zabur (books of wisdom). |
| 54:53 | | Small or big, everything is inscribed in detail! |
| 54:54 | | Indeed, the protected ones are in Paradises and on the banks of rivers. |
| 54:55 | | Living the reality through the forces of the Maleek, the Muqtadir! |
