| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah The Moon(al-Qamar)
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| 54:1 | | The Hour neared and the moon was split. |
| 54:2 | | And if they see a sign, they turn aside and say: Incessant sorcery! |
| 54:3 | | And they denied and followed their own desires. And every affair is that which is settled. |
| 54:4 | | And, certainly, the tidings drew near them wherein was that which is to deter |
| 54:5 | | —namely, that which is far reaching wisdom— yet warnings avail not. |
| 54:6 | | So turn thou away from them• on a Day when One Who Calls will call to a horrible thing. |
| 54:7 | | Their sight will be that which is humbled and they will go forth from the tombs as if they had been dispersed locusts, |
| 54:8 | | ones who run forward with their eyes fixed in horror towards The One Who Calls. The ones who are ungrateful will say: This is a difficult Day! |
| 54:9 | | The folk of Noah denied before them. They denied Our servant and said: One who is possessed! And he was deterred. |
| 54:10 | | So he called to his Lord saying: I am one who is vanquished, so Thou help me. |
| 54:11 | | So We opened the doors of heaven with torrential water. |
| 54:12 | | And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs so the waters were to meet one another from a command that was measured. |
| 54:13 | | And We carried him on a vessel of planks and caulked, |
| 54:14 | | running under Our eyes, a recompense for Noah who had been disbelieved. |
| 54:15 | | And, certainly, We left this as a sign. Then, is there one who recalls? |
| 54:16 | | So how had been My punishment and My warning? |
| 54:17 | | And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls? |
| 54:18 | | Ad denied. So how had been My punishment and My warning? |
| 54:19 | | Truly, We sent a raging wind against them on a day of continuous misfortune, |
| 54:20 | | tearing out humanity as if they had been uprooted palm trees, uprooted. |
| 54:21 | | So how had been My punishment and My warning? |
| 54:22 | | And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls? |
| 54:23 | | Thamud denied the warning |
| 54:24 | | for they said: Follow we a lone mortal from among us? Truly, we would be going astray and insane. |
| 54:25 | | Is it that the Remembrance was cast down to Salih from among us? Nay! He is a rash liar! |
| 54:26 | | They will know tomorrow who the rash liar is! |
| 54:27 | | Truly, We are ones who sent the she-camel as a test for them. So thou be on the watch for them and maintain patience. |
| 54:28 | | And tell them that the division of the water is between them. Every drink was that which is divided in turn. |
| 54:29 | | But they cried out to their companion, and he took her in hand and crippled her. |
| 54:30 | | So how had been My punishment and My warning? |
| 54:31 | | Truly, We sent against them one Cry and they had been like straw for the one who is a builder of animal enclosures. |
| 54:32 | | And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls? |
| 54:33 | | The folk of Lot denied the warning. |
| 54:34 | | Truly, We sent against them a sand storm, but the family of Lot. We delivered them at the breaking of day |
| 54:35 | | as a divine blessing from Us. Thus, We gave recompense to him who gave thanks. |
| 54:36 | | And, certainly, he warned them of Our attack but they quarreled over the warning. |
| 54:37 | | And, certainly, they solicited his guests, so We obliterated their eyes. Then, experience My punishment and My warning. |
| 54:38 | | And, certainly, it came in the morning, early morning at dawn, a settled punishment. |
| 54:39 | | Then, experience My punishment and My warning. |
| 54:40 | | And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls? |
| 54:41 | | And, certainly, drew near the warning to the people of Pharaoh. |
| 54:42 | | They denied Our signs, all of them. So We took them with a taking, One Who is Almighty, Omnipotent. |
| 54:43 | | Are ones who are ungrateful better than those? Or have you an immunity in the ancient scrolls? |
| 54:44 | | Or say they: We are aided altogether. |
| 54:45 | | Their multitude will be put to flight and they will turn their backs. |
| 54:46 | | Nay! The Hour is what is promised them and the Hour will be more calamitous and more distasteful. |
| 54:47 | | Truly, ones who sin are going astray and insane. |
| 54:48 | | On a Day they will be dragged into the fire on their faces: Experience the touch of Saqar! |
| 54:49 | | Truly, We created all things in measure |
| 54:50 | | and Our command is not but one as the twinkling of the eye. |
| 54:51 | | And, certainly, We caused to perish their partisans. Is there, then, one who recalls? |
| 54:52 | | And everything they accomplished is in the ancient scrolls. |
| 54:53 | | And every small and great thing is that which is written. |
| 54:54 | | Truly, the ones who are Godfearing will be in Gardens and rivers, |
| 54:55 | | in positions of sincerity near an Omnipotent King. |
