# Sura  54 - The Moon

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> 54. al-Qamar: The Moon
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> 1 The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain. 
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> 2 And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion. 
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> 3 They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision 
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> 4 And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter, 
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> 5 Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not. 
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> 6 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing. 
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> 7 With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad, 
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> 8 Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day. 
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> 9 The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed. 
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> 10 So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help. 
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> 11 Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water 
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> 12 And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose. 
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> 13 And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails, 
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> 14 That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected. 
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> 15 And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ? 
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> 16 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings! 
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> 17 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? 
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> 18 (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings. 
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> 19 Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity, 
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> 20 Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees. 
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> 21 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings! 
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> 22 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? 
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> 23 (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings 
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> 24 For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow ? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness. 
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> 25 Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar. 
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> 26 (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar. 
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> 27 Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience; 
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> 28 And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed. 
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> 29 But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her). 
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> 30 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings! 
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> 31 Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold. 
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> 32 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? 
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> 33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings. 
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> 34 Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night, 
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> 35 As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks. 
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> 36 And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings. 
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> 37 They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings! 
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> 38 And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning. 
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> 39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings! 
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> 40 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? 
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> 41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh 
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> 42 Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful. 
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> 43 Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ? 
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> 44 Or say they: We are a host victorious ? 
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> 45 The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee. 
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> 46 Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure). 
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> 47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness. 
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> 48 On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell. 
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> 49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure. 
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> 50 And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye. 
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> 51 And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ? 
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> 52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures, 
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> 53 And every small and great thing is recorded. 
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> 54 Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers, 
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> 55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
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> — *Sura  54 - The Moon*