| | M. M. Pickthall rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain |
| 54:2 | | And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion |
| 54:3 | | They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decisio |
| 54:4 | | And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter |
| 54:5 | | Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not |
| 54:6 | | So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing |
| 54:7 | | With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad |
| 54:8 | | Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day |
| 54:9 | | The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed |
| 54:10 | | So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help |
| 54:11 | | Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring wate |
| 54:12 | | And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose |
| 54:13 | | And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails |
| 54:14 | | That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected |
| 54:15 | | And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth |
| 54:16 | | Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings |
| 54:17 | | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth |
| 54:18 | | (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings |
| 54:19 | | Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity |
| 54:20 | | Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees |
| 54:21 | | Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings |
| 54:22 | | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth |
| 54:23 | | (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warning |
| 54:24 | | 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 |
| 54:25 | | Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar |
| 54:26 | | (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar |
| 54:27 | | Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience |
| 54:28 | | And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed |
| 54:29 | | But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her) |
| 54:30 | | Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings |
| 54:31 | | Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold |
| 54:32 | | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth |
| 54:33 | | The folk of Lot rejected warnings |
| 54:34 | | 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 |
| 54:35 | | As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks |
| 54:36 | | And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings |
| 54:37 | | 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 |
| 54:38 | | And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning |
| 54:39 | | Now taste My punishment after My warnings |
| 54:40 | | And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth |
| 54:41 | | And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharao |
| 54:42 | | Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful |
| 54:43 | | Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures |
| 54:44 | | Or say they: We are a host victorious |
| 54:45 | | The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee |
| 54:46 | | Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure) |
| 54:47 | | Lo! the guilty are in error and madness |
| 54:48 | | On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell |
| 54:49 | | Lo! We have created every thing by measure |
| 54:50 | | And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye |
| 54:51 | | And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth |
| 54:52 | | And every thing they did is in the scriptures |
| 54:53 | | And every small and great thing is recorded |
| 54:54 | | Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers |
| 54:55 | | Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King |
