Surah Al-Qamar In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder. ( Quran Surah Al-Qamar 54:1 ) But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, “This is (but) transient magic.” ( Quran Surah Al-Qamar 54:2 ) They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time. ( Quran Surah Al-Qamar 54:3 ) There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them), ( Quran 54:4 ) Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not. ( Quran 54:5 ) Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair, ( Quran 54:6 ) They will come forth,- their eyes humbled – from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad, ( Quran 54:7 ) Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- “Hard is this Day!”, the Unbelievers will say. ( Quran 54:8 ) Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, “Here is one possessed!”, and he was driven out. ( Quran 54:9 ) Then he called on his Lord: “I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!” ( Quran 54:10 ) So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth. ( Quran 54:11 ) And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed. ( Quran 54:12 ) But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre: ( Quran 54:13 ) She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)! ( Quran 54:14 ) And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition? ( Quran 54:15 ) But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning? ( Quran 54:16 ) And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? ( Quran 54:17 ) The ‘Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning? ( Quran 54:18 ) For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster, ( Quran 54:19 ) Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground). ( Quran 54:20 ) Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning! ( Quran 54:21 ) But We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? ( Quran 54:22 ) The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners. ( Quran 54:23 ) For 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! ( Quran 54:24 ) “Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!” ( Quran 54:25 ) Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one! ( Quran 54:26 ) For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience! ( Quran 54:27 ) And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one’s right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns). ( Quran 54:28 ) But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her). ( Quran 54:29 ) Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning! ( Quran 54:30 ) For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle. ( Quran 54:31 ) And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? ( Quran 54:32 ) The people of Lut rejected (his) warning. ( Quran 54:33 ) We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut’s household: them We delivered by early Dawn,- ( Quran 54:34 ) As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks. ( Quran 54:35 ) And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning. ( Quran 54:36 ) And 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.” ( Quran 54:37 ) Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them: ( Quran 54:38 ) “Sotaste ye My Wrath and My Warning.” ( Quran 54:39 ) And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? ( Quran 54:40 ) To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah). ( Quran 54:41 ) The (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. ( Quran 54:42 ) Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books? ( Quran 54:43 ) Or do they say: “We acting together can defend ourselves”? ( Quran 54:44 ) Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs. ( Quran 54:45 ) Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter. ( Quran 54:46 ) Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad. ( Quran 54:47 ) The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) “Taste ye the touch of Hell!” ( Quran 54:48 ) Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure. ( Quran 54:49 ) And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye. ( Quran 54:50 ) And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition? ( Quran 54:51 ) All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds): ( Quran 54:52 ) Every matter, small and great, is on record. ( Quran 54:53 ) As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers, ( Quran 54:54 ) In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent. ( Quran 54:55 ) SHARE THIS: Like