54. Al-Qamar سُورَةُ القَمَرِ

Yusuf AliThe Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder

Yusuf AliBut if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic

Yusuf AliThey reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time

Yusuf AliThere have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them)

Yusuf AliMature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not

Yusuf AliTherefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair

Yusuf AliThey will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad

Yusuf AliHastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say

Yusuf AliBefore them the People of Noah rejected (their apostle): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out

Yusuf AliThen he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)

Yusuf AliSo We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth

Yusuf AliAnd We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed

Yusuf AliBut We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm- fibre

Yusuf AliShe floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)

Yusuf AliAnd We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition

Yusuf AliBut how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning

Yusuf AliAnd We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition

Yusuf AliThe 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning

Yusuf AliFor We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster

Yusuf AliPlucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground)

Yusuf AliYea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning

Yusuf AliBut We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition

Yusuf AliThe Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners

Yusuf AliFor they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad

Yusuf AliIs it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one

Yusuf AliAh! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one

Yusuf AliFor We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience

Yusuf AliAnd tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns)

Yusuf AliBut they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her)

Yusuf AliAh! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning

Yusuf AliFor We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle

Yusuf AliAnd We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition

Yusuf AliThe people of Lut rejected (his) warning

Yusuf AliWe sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn

Yusuf AliAs a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks

Yusuf AliAnd (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning

Yusuf AliAnd they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning

Yusuf AliEarly on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them

Yusuf AliSo taste ye My Wrath and My Warning

Yusuf AliAnd We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition

Yusuf AliTo the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from God)

Yusuf AliThe (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will

Yusuf AliAre your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books

Yusuf AliOr do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves

Yusuf AliSoon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs

Yusuf AliNay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter

Yusuf AliTruly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad

Yusuf AliThe Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell

Yusuf AliVerily, all things have We created in proportion and measure

Yusuf AliAnd Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye

Yusuf AliAnd (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition

Yusuf AliAll that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds)

Yusuf AliEvery matter, small and great, is on record

Yusuf AliAs to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers

Yusuf AliIn an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent