Al-Qamar

In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful.

1-The Hour (of Judgment) is night, and the moon is cleft asunder. 2-But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic." 3-They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time. 4-There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them), 5-Mature wisdom; but (the preaching of) Warners profit them not. 6-Therefore, (O Prophet) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair, 7-They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad, 8-Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! "Hard is the Day!" the Unbelievers will say. 9-Before them the People of Noah rejected (their Messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!" and he was driven out. 10-Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!" 11-So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth. 12-And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs. So the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed. 13-But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fiber: 14-She floats under Our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)! 15-And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition? 16-But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning? 17-And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? 18-The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected  (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning? 19-For We send against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster, 20-Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground). 21-Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning! 22-But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? 23-The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners. 24-For they said: "What! a man! a solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad! 25-"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!" 26-Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one! 27-For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience! 28-And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns). 29-But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her). 30-Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning! 31-For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle. 32-And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? 33-The People of Lut rejected (his) Warning. 34-We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, 35-As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks. 36-And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning. 37-And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning." 38-Early on the morrow as abiding Punishment seized them: 39-"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning." 40-And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition? 41-To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah). 42-The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, Able to carry out His Will. 43-Are Your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books? 44-Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves?" 45-Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs. 46-Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): and that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter. 47-Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad. 48-The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!" 49-Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure. 50-And Our Command is but a single (Act), like the twinkling of an eye. 51-And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition? 52-All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds): 53-Every matter, small and great, is on record. 54-As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers, 55-In as Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.