| | John Medows Rodwell rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft |
| 54:2 | | But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic |
| 54:3 | | And they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but everything is unalterably fixed |
| 54:4 | | A message of prohibition had come to them |
| 54:5 | | Consummate wisdom - but warners profit them not |
| 54:6 | | Quit them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business |
| 54:7 | | With downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts |
| 54:8 | | Hastening to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the distressful day." |
| 54:9 | | Before them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected |
| 54:10 | | Then cried he to his Lord, "Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour." |
| 54:11 | | So we opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents |
| 54:12 | | And we caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled decree |
| 54:13 | | And we bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails |
| 54:14 | | Under our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him who had been rejected with unbelief |
| 54:15 | | And we left it a sign: but, is there any one who receives the warning |
| 54:16 | | And how great was my vengeance and my menace |
| 54:17 | | Easy for warning have we made the Koran - but, is there any one who receives the warning |
| 54:18 | | The Adites called the truth a lie: but how great was my vengeance and my menace |
| 54:19 | | For we sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress |
| 54:20 | | It tore men away as though they were uprooted palm stumps |
| 54:21 | | And how great was my vengeance and my menace |
| 54:22 | | Easy for warning have we made the Koran - but, is there any one who receives the warning |
| 54:23 | | The tribe of Themoud treated the threatenings as lies |
| 54:24 | | And they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily should we be in error and in folly |
| 54:25 | | To him alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an insolent person." |
| 54:26 | | To-morrow shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent |
| 54:27 | | "For we will send the she-camel to prove them: do thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient |
| 54:28 | | And foretell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and that every draught shall come by turns to them." |
| 54:29 | | But they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her |
| 54:30 | | And how great was my vengeance and my menance |
| 54:31 | | We sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the fold-builders |
| 54:32 | | Easy have we made the Koran for warning - but, is there any one who receives the warning |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot treated his warning as a lie |
| 54:34 | | But we sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at daybreak we delivered |
| 54:35 | | By our special grace - for thus we reward the thankful |
| 54:36 | | He, indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted |
| 54:37 | | Even this guess did they demand: therefore we deprived them of sight, And said, "Taste ye my vengeance and my menace;" |
| 54:38 | | And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them |
| 54:39 | | [empty verse. see 54:37] |
| 54:40 | | Easy have we made the Koran for warning but, is there any one who receives the warning |
| 54:41 | | To the people of Pharaoh also came the threatenings |
| 54:42 | | All our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong |
| 54:43 | | Are your infidels, O Meccans, better men than these? Is there an exemption for you in the sacred Books |
| 54:44 | | Will they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?" |
| 54:45 | | The host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back |
| 54:46 | | But, that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and bitter |
| 54:47 | | Verily, the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly |
| 54:48 | | On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste ye the touch of Hell." |
| 54:49 | | All things have we created after a fixed decree |
| 54:50 | | Our command was but one word, swift as the twinkling of an eye |
| 54:51 | | Of old, too, have we destroyed the like of you - yet is any one warned |
| 54:52 | | And everything that they do is in the Books |
| 54:53 | | Each action, both small and great, is written down |
| 54:54 | | Verily, amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell |
| 54:55 | | In the seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King |
