The Moon · Surah 54

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain

And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion

They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision

And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter

Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing

With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad

Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day

The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed

So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help

Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose

And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails

That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected

And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness

Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar

(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar

Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience

And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed

But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her)

Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

The folk of Lot rejected warnings

Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night

As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks

And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings

They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning

Now taste My punishment after My warnings

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful

Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures

Or say they: We are a host victorious

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure)

Lo! the guilty are in error and madness

On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell

Lo! We have created every thing by measure

And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye

And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth

And every thing they did is in the scriptures

And every small and great thing is recorded

Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers

Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King