| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split. |
| 54:2 | | Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, "Old magic." |
| 54:3 | | They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions. |
| 54:4 | | Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them. |
| 54:5 | | Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain. |
| 54:6 | | Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster. |
| 54:7 | | With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts. |
| 54:8 | | As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult day." |
| 54:9 | | The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, "Crazy!" He was persecuted. |
| 54:10 | | He implored his Lord, "I am oppressed; grant me victory." |
| 54:11 | | We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water. |
| 54:12 | | And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision. |
| 54:13 | | We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes. |
| 54:14 | | It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected. |
| 54:15 | | We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn? |
| 54:16 | | How terrible was My retribution after the warnings! |
| 54:17 | | We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn? |
| 54:18 | | `Aad disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings. |
| 54:19 | | We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery. |
| 54:20 | | It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks. |
| 54:21 | | How terrible was My retribution after the warnings! |
| 54:22 | | We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn? |
| 54:23 | | Thamoud rejected the warnings. |
| 54:24 | | They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell. |
| 54:25 | | "Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar." |
| 54:26 | | They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is. |
| 54:27 | | We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient. |
| 54:28 | | Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day. |
| 54:29 | | But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged. |
| 54:30 | | Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned. |
| 54:31 | | We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay. |
| 54:32 | | We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn? |
| 54:33 | | The people of Lot rejected the warnings. |
| 54:34 | | We showered them with rocks. Only Lot's family was saved at dawn. |
| 54:35 | | We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative. |
| 54:36 | | He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings. |
| 54:37 | | They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned. |
| 54:38 | | Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them. |
| 54:39 | | Suffer My retribution; you have been warned. |
| 54:40 | | We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn? |
| 54:41 | | Pharaoh's people were warned. |
| 54:42 | | They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should. |
| 54:43 | | Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture? |
| 54:44 | | Perhaps they think, "We will be the winners." |
| 54:45 | | All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee. |
| 54:46 | | The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful. |
| 54:47 | | Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell. |
| 54:48 | | They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution. |
| 54:49 | | Everything we created is precisely measured. |
| 54:50 | | Our commands are done within the blink of an eye. |
| 54:51 | | We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn? |
| 54:52 | | Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures. |
| 54:53 | | Everything, small or large, is written down. |
| 54:54 | | Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers. |
| 54:55 | | In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King. |
