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Sorah Al-Qamar ( The Moon ) - Verses Number 55
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ( 1 ) 
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ( 2 )
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ( 3 )
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ( 4 )
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ( 5 )
Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ( 6 )
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ ( 7 )
They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ( 8 )
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ ( 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.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ ( 10 )
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ ( 11 )
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ( 12 )
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ( 13 )
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:
تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ( 14 )
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( 15 )
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ( 16 )
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( 17 )
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ( 18 )
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ ( 19 )
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ( 20 )
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ( 21 )
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( 22 )
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ ( 23 )
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ( 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!
أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ ( 25 )
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ ( 26 )
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ ( 27 )
For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ ( 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).
فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ( 29 )
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ( 30 )
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ ( 31 )
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( 32 )
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ ( 33 )
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ ( 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,-
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ ( 35 )
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ ( 36 )
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ( 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."
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ( 38 )
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ( 39 )
"Sotaste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( 40 )
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ ( 41 )
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ( 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.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ ( 43 )
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ ( 44 )
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ ( 45 )
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ( 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.
إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ( 47 )
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ ( 48 )
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ ( 49 )
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ ( 50 )
And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( 51 )
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ ( 52 )
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ ( 53 )
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ ( 54 )
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ( 55 )
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
