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54. Al-Qamar

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

The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

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And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.

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They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision

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And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,

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Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

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So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.

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With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,

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Hastening toward the Summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.

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The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.

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So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.

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Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

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And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.

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And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

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That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.

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And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?

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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

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And in truth We have made the Qur'ân easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

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(The tribe of) A'âd rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.

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Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,

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Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.

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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

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And in truth We have made the Qur'ân easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

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(The tribe of) Thamûd rejected warnings

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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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Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.

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(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.

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Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;

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And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.

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But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).

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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

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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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And in truth We have made the Qur'ân easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

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The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

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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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As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.

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And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.

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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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And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.

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Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

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And in truth We have made the Qur'ân easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

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And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

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Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

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Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the Scriptures?

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Or say they: We are a host victorious?

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The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

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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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Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

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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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Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

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And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.

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And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?

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And every thing they did is in the Scriptures,

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And every small and great thing is recorded.

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Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

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Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.

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Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). Text of the 1930 edition, transcribed by Wikisource contributors; remaining pages read by OCR from the Wikimedia Commons scan. · Source ↗

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