The English Reference Qur’an

Al-Qamar

- 54 -

1
In the name of Allah, the most gracious and merciful. The hour is near, and the moon is split.
0
2
If they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Continued magic.”
0
3
They reject [it] and follow their own desires. Every matter is firmly established.
0
4
Some tidings with rebukes came to them.
0
5
Excellent wisdom. Warnings do not help.
0
6
TurnMS away from them. On the day the caller calls to something unheard of,
0
7
27A4 their sight will be humbled as they come out from the tombs, as if they were scattered locusts
0
8
hastening to the caller. The disbelievers will say, “This is a hard day.”
0
9
Before them, Nuh’s people rejected. They rejected our servant and said, “[He is] crazy.” He was driven away.
0
10
He prayed to his Lord, “I am defeated, so defend [me].”
0
11
We opened the doors of the sky and rain poured forth.
0
12
We made the earth gush with fountains, and the waters met for a decreed matter.
0
13
We carried him on a [ship] with boards and caulking.
0
14
It sailed with our eyes upon it as a recompense for him who was disbelieved.
0
15
And we left it as a sign. Will anyone remember?
0
16
What were my torment and my warning like?
0
17
We have made the Qur’an easy to remember. Will anyone remember?
0
18
Aad rejected. What were my torment and my warning like?
0
19
We sent a raging wind against them on a continuously unlucky day.
0
20
It snatched away people as if they were roots of uprooted palm trees.
0
21
What were my torment and my warning like?
0
22
We have made the Qur’an easy to remember. Will anyone remember?
0
23
Thamud rejected the warnings.
0
24
They said, “Shall we follow a single man from among us? We would be astray and crazy.
0
25
Has the reminder been given to him among us all? He is an insolent liar.”
0
26
Tomorrow they will know who the insolent liar is.
0
27
We will send the camelF as a trial to them, so watch them and wait.
0
28
Announce to them that the water is apportioned among them, every one present to drink in turn.
0
29
They called their companion, who took [a sword] and hamstrung [her].
0
30
What were my torment and my warning like?
0
31
We sent a single cry against them, and they were like dry sticks of a cattle-fold builder.
0
32
We have made the Qur’an easy to remember. Will anyone remember?
0
33
Lut’s people rejected the warning.
0
34
We sent a wind with stones against them – all except for Lut’s family, whom we rescued at dawn,
0
35
as our blessing. This is how we reward those who give thanks.
0
36
He warned them of our severity,but they doubted the warning.
0
37
They asked him [for permission] to sleep with his guest, so we put out their eyes. “Taste my torment and my warning.”
0
38
Continuous torment came to them in the morning.
0
39
“Taste my torment and my warning.”
0
40
We have made the Qur’an easy to remember. Will anyone remember?
0
41
Warning came to Pharaoh’s family.
0
42
They rejected all our signs, so we seized them as a mighty, powerful one.
0
43
Are yourMP disbelievers any better than those? Or do youMP have immunity in the books?
0
44
Or do they say, “We will all be helped.”?
0
45
The crowd will be defeated and turn back.
0
46
Their appointment is with the hour, and the hour is very grievous and bitter.
0
47
Wrongdoers are astray and crazy.
0
48
On that day, they will be dragged into hellfire on their faces. “Taste what scorching fire feels like.”
0
49
We have created everything in measure.
0
50
We have only one command, as the  twinkling of an eye.
0
51
We have destroyed yourMP sects. Will anyone remember?
0
52
Everything they did is in the books.
0
53
Everything great and small is written.
0
54
The godly will be in heavenly gardens by a river,
0
55
in an excellent dwelling with a powerful king.
0