| | A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The Hour is near, and the Moon is cleft asunder |
| 54:2 | | But if they see a sign, they turn away and say, “This is a mysterious illusion. |
| 54:3 | | They reject it and follow their lusts, but every issue has its appointed time |
| 54:4 | | There have already come to them recitals with which there is enough to check them |
| 54:5 | | Perfect wisdom, but warners do not profit them |
| 54:6 | | Therefore, turn away from them. The day that the caller will call them to a terrible affair |
| 54:7 | | They will come forth, their eyes humbled from their graves, torpid like locusts scattered abroad |
| 54:8 | | Hastening with eyes transfixed towards the caller. “This is a trying day,” the unbelievers will say |
| 54:9 | | Before them the people of Noah rejected it. They rejected Our servant and said, “This one is possessed.” And he was driven out |
| 54:10 | | Then he called on his Lord, “I am one overcome, will You help me? |
| 54:11 | | So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring out |
| 54:12 | | And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met and rose to the extent decreed |
| 54:13 | | But We bore him on an ark made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fiber |
| 54:14 | | It floats under our eyes. A reward for one who had been rejected |
| 54:15 | | And We have left it as a sign. Then is there any who will receive advice |
| 54:16 | | But how was My penalty and My warning |
| 54:17 | | And We have indeed made the Quran intuitive. Then are there any who will receive advice |
| 54:18 | | The ‘Ad also rejected it. Then how was My penalty and My warnings |
| 54:19 | | For We sent against them a furious wind, on a day of violent disaster |
| 54:20 | | Plucking out human beings, as if they were roots of palm trees torn up |
| 54:21 | | Yes, how was My penalty and My warning |
| 54:22 | | And indeed We have made the Quran intuitive. Then will any experience it |
| 54:23 | | The Thamud rejected their warners |
| 54:24 | | For they said, “What, a human being, one from among ourselves? Should we follow such a one? Truly we would then be in error, and in madness |
| 54:25 | | “Is it that the message is sent to him of all people among us? No, he is a liar, an insolent one. |
| 54:26 | | They will know on the morrow, who is the liar, and the insolent one |
| 54:27 | | For We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. So watch them, and be patient |
| 54:28 | | And tell them that the water is to be divided between them. Each one’s right to drink being brought forward |
| 54:29 | | But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung her |
| 54:30 | | How was My penalty and My warning |
| 54:31 | | For We sent against them a single mighty blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens livestock |
| 54:32 | | And indeed We have made the Quran intuitive. Then will any experience it |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot rejected the warning |
| 54:34 | | We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones which caused them to perish, except Lot’s household. We delivered them by early dawn |
| 54:35 | | As a grace from Us. This is how We reward those who give thanks |
| 54:36 | | And Lot warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed about the warning |
| 54:37 | | And they even sought to abduct his guests, but We blinded their eyes. Now taste My punishment and My warning |
| 54:38 | | Early in the morning an abiding punishment indeed seized them |
| 54:39 | | “So taste My punishment and My warning. |
| 54:40 | | And indeed We have made the Quran intuitive. Then will any experience it |
| 54:41 | | Also to the people of Pharaoh came warners |
| 54:42 | | The people rejected all of Our signs, but We seized them with a penalty from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His will |
| 54:43 | | Are your unbelievers better than they are? Or have you immunity in the sacred books |
| 54:44 | | Or do they say, “We, acting together, can defend ourselves” |
| 54:45 | | Soon will their party be on the retreat, and they will show their backs |
| 54:46 | | No, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be more terrible and most bitter |
| 54:47 | | Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and in madness |
| 54:48 | | The day they will be dragged through the fire on their faces. Taste the touch of hell. |
| 54:49 | | Indeed, We have created all things in due proportion and measure |
| 54:50 | | And Our command is only a single act, like the blink of an eye |
| 54:51 | | And in the past, We have caused groups like you to perish. Then is there any who will receive advice |
| 54:52 | | All that they do is noted in books |
| 54:53 | | Every matter, small and great, is on record |
| 54:54 | | As for the righteous, they will be in the presence of gardens and rivers |
| 54:55 | | In an assembly of truth, in the presence of the Sovereign, Omnipotent |
