| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | THE HOUR is drawing near, and the moon is cleft in two |
| 54:2 | | Yet, when they behold a sign, the unbelievers turn their backs and say: ‘Sorcery unceasing!&lsquo |
| 54:3 | | They deny the truth, and follow their own fancies. But in the end all issues shall be laid to rest |
| 54:4 | | Cautionary tales, profound in wisdom, have been narrated to them |
| 54:5 | | but warnings are unavailing |
| 54:6 | | Let them be. The day the Crier summons them to the dread account |
| 54:7 | | they shall come out from their graves with downcast eyes, and rush towards him like swarming locusts |
| 54:8 | | The unbelievers will say: ‘This is indeed a doleful day!&lsquo |
| 54:9 | | Before them, the people of Noah disbelieved. They disbelieved Our servant, and called him madman. Rejected and contemned |
| 54:10 | | he cried out to his Lord, saying: ‘Help me, I am overcome!&lsquo |
| 54:11 | | We opened the gates of heaven with pouring rai |
| 54:12 | | and caused the earth to burst with gushing springs, so that the waters met for a predestined end |
| 54:13 | | We carried him in a vessel built with planks and nails |
| 54:14 | | which drifted on under Our eyes: a recompense for him who had been disbelieved |
| 54:15 | | This We have left as a sign: but is there any that will remember |
| 54:16 | | How grievous was My scourge, and warning |
| 54:17 | | We have made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember |
| 54:18 | | Ād, too, did not believe. How grievous was My scourge, and warning |
| 54:19 | | On a day of unremitting woe, We let loose on them a howling win |
| 54:20 | | which snapped people off like trunks of uprooted palm trees |
| 54:21 | | How grievous was My scourge, and warning |
| 54:22 | | We made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember |
| 54:23 | | Thamūd, too, disbelieved the warnings |
| 54:24 | | They said: ‘Are we to follow a mortal, alone among us? That would surely be error and madness. |
| 54:25 | | Did he alone among us receive the Admonition? He is indeed an impudent liar.&lsquo |
| 54:26 | | Tomorrow they shall learn who is the impudent liar |
| 54:27 | | We are sending the she-camel to test them. Observe them closely and have patience |
| 54:28 | | Tell them they must share their drink with her, and that for every draught they must attend in person.&lsquo |
| 54:29 | | They called their friend, who took a knife and hamstrung her |
| 54:30 | | How grievous was My scourge, and warning |
| 54:31 | | A single cry was heard, and they became like the dry twigs of the sheep-fold builder |
| 54:32 | | We have made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot disbelieved the warnings |
| 54:34 | | We let loose on them a stone-charged whirlwind: only the house of Lot at dawn did We deliver |
| 54:35 | | through Our mercy. Thus do We reward the thankful |
| 54:36 | | He had warned them of Our onslaught, but they doubted the warnings. |
| 54:37 | | They demanded his guests of him; so We put out their eyes: ‘Taste My punishment, now that you have scorned My warning.&lsquo |
| 54:38 | | And at daybreak a long-lasting scourge smote them |
| 54:39 | | Taste My punishment, now that you have scorned My warning!&lsquo |
| 54:40 | | We have made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember |
| 54:41 | | To Pharaoh‘s people came the warnings |
| 54:42 | | But they disbelieved all Our signs, and We smote them with the scourge of the Almighty, the Omnipotent |
| 54:43 | | Are your unbelievers better than those? Or have you immunity in the Scriptures |
| 54:44 | | Or do they say: ‘We are a victorious army‘ |
| 54:45 | | The army shall be routed and put to flight |
| 54:46 | | The Hour is their time appointed; and more calamitous, and more doleful, shall be the Hour |
| 54:47 | | Yet the wrongdoers persist in error and madness |
| 54:48 | | On the day they are dragged into the Fire with faces down: ‘Feel the touch of Hell!&lsquo |
| 54:49 | | We have surely created all things according to a measure |
| 54:50 | | We command but once: Our will is done in the twinkling of an eye |
| 54:51 | | We have destroyed many a people like yourselves: is there any that will remember |
| 54:52 | | All they did is in the Scriptures |
| 54:53 | | every action, small or great, is noted down |
| 54:54 | | The righteous shall dwell in Gardens watered by running brooks, |
| 54:55 | | honourably seated in the presence of a Mighty King |
