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54:1
The moment drew near, and the Moon was split.
54:2
If they see a sign, they turn away and say, "Continuous magic!"
54:3
They rejected, and followed their desires, and every old tradition.
54:4
While the news had come to them in which there was sufficient warning.
54:5
A perfect wisdom; but the warnings are of no benefit.
54:6
So turn away from them; the day will come when the caller announces a terrible disaster.
54:7
With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered cicadas.
54:8
Hastening towards the caller, the ingrates will say, "This is a difficult day."
54:9
The people of Noah rejected before them. They rejected Our servant and said, "He is crazy!" and he was oppressed.
54:10
So he called on his Lord: "I am beaten, so grant me victory."
54:11
So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water.
54:12
We caused springs to gush out of the earth. Thus the waters met to a command which had been measured.
54:13
We carried him on a craft made of slabs and mortar.
54:14
It ran under Our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
54:15
We have left it as a sign. Do any of you wish to learn?
54:16
So how was My retribution after the warnings!
54:17
We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
54:18
Aad rejected. So how was My retribution after the warnings!
54:19
We sent upon them a violent wind, on a day of continuous misery.
54:20
It snatched people away as if they were palm tree trunks; uprooted.
54:21
So how was My retribution after the warnings!
54:22
We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
54:23
Thamud rejected the warnings.
54:24
They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray and be in hell."
54:25
"Has the message come down to him, instead of us? He is an evil liar."
54:26
They will find out tomorrow who the evil liar is.
54:27
We are sending the camel as a test for them. So observe them and be patient.
54:28
Inform them that the water shall be divided between them; each shall be allowed to drink in the specified time.
54:29
But they called on their friend, and he was paid to slaughter.
54:30
So how was My retribution after the warnings!
54:31
We sent upon them one scream, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
54:32
We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
54:33
The people of Lot rejected the warners.
54:34
We sent upon them projectiles. Except for the family of Lot, We saved them at dawn.
54:35
A blessing from Us; it is thus that We reward those who are appreciative.
54:36
He warned them about Our punishment, but they ridiculed the warnings.
54:37
They sought to remove him from his guests; so We diverted their eyes. "Taste My retribution; you have been warned."
54:38
In the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
54:39
"Taste My retribution; you have been warned."
54:40
We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
54:41
The warnings had come to the people of Pharaoh.
54:42
They rejected all Our signs. So We took them, the taking of the Noble, the Able.
54:43
Are your ingrates better than those? Or have you been absolved by the book?
54:44
Or do they say, "We are a large group, and we will win."
54:45
The large group will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
54:46
The moment is their appointed time, and the Moment is far worse and more painful.
54:47
The criminals are in error and will burn.
54:48
The day when they will be dragged upon their faces into the fire: "Taste the agony of Saqar!"
54:49
Everything We have created in measure.
54:50
Our commands are done at once with the blink of an eye.
54:51
We have destroyed your counterparts. Do any of you wish to learn?
54:52
Everything they did is in the records.
54:53
Everything, small or large, is written down.
54:54
The righteous will be in paradises and rivers.
54:55
In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.
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