Sura 54: The Moon (Al-Qamar)
Number of verses: 55
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.
2. Then they saw a
miracle; but they turned away and said, "Old magic."
3. They disbelieved,
followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.
4. Sufficient warnings
have been delivered to alert them.
5. Great wisdom; but all
the warnings have been in vain.
6. Ignore them; the
day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.
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*54:1 This important sign of the
approaching end of the world came to pass in 1969 when humans
landed on the moon and brought pieces of the moon to earth. At
the same time, God's mathematical Miracle of the Quran was being
gradually unveiled. Traditional Muslims opposed it, since it
exposed the fallacy of their practices (Appendix 25).
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7. With their eyes
humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.
8. As they respond to the
caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult
day."
9. The
people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our
servant and said, "Crazy!" He was persecuted.
10. He implored his Lord,
"I am oppressed; help me to prevail."
11. We then opened the
gates of the sky, pouring water.
12. And we caused springs
to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a
predetermined decision.
The Ark
13. We carried him on a
watercraft made of logs and ropes.
14. It ran under our
watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
15. We have set it up as
a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?
16. How terrible was My
retribution after the warnings!
17. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
18. `Aad disbelieved.
Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.
19. We sent upon them
violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.
20. It tossed the people
around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.
21. How terrible was My
retribution after the warnings!
22. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
23. Thamoud rejected
the warnings.
24. They said,
"Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go
astray, then end up in Hell.
25. "Did the message
come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar."
26. They will find out
tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.
27. We are sending the
camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.
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28. Inform them that
the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be
allowed to drink on her designated day.
29. But they persuaded
their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.
30. Consequently, how
terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.
31. We sent upon them one
blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
32. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
33. The people of Lot
rejected the warnings.
34. We showered them with
rocks. Only Lot's family was saved at dawn.
35. We blessed him and
his family; we thus reward the appreciative.
36. He warned them about
our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.
37. They negotiated with
him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you
have been warned.
38. Early the next
morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
39. Suffer My
retribution; you have been warned.
40. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
41. Pharaoh's people
were warned.
42. They rejected all our
signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent
should.
43. Are your
disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been
absolved by the scripture?
44. Perhaps they think,
"We will be the winners."
45. All of them will be
defeated; they will turn around and flee.
46. The Hour is awaiting
them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
47. Certainly, the guilty
are astray, and will end up in Hell.
48. They will be dragged
into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.
49. Everything we
created is precisely measured.
50. Our commands are done
within the blink of an eye.
51. We annihilated
your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?
52. Everything they did
is recorded in the scriptures.
53. Everything, small or
large, is written down.
54.
Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.
55. In a position of
honor, at an Omnipotent King.
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