chapter 54 sura
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1. The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.
2. Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away, and say, "Continuous magic."
3. They lied, and followed their opinions, but everything has its time.
4. And there came to them news containing a deterrent.
5. Profound wisdom-but warnings are of no avail.
6. So turn away from them. On the Day when the Caller calls to something terrible.
7. Their eyes humiliated, they will emerge from the graves, as if they were swarming locusts.
8. Scrambling towards the Caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
9. Before them the people of Noah disbelieved. They rejected Our servant, and said, "Crazy," and he was rebuked.
10. So he appealed to his Lord, "I am overwhelmed, so help me."
11. So We opened the floodgates of heaven with water pouring down.
12. And We made the earth burst with springs, and the waters met for a purpose already destined.
13. And We carried him on a craft of planks and nails.
14. Sailing before Our eyes; a reward for him who was rejected.
15. And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who would take heed?
16. So how were My punishment and My warnings?
17. We made the Quran easy to learn. Is there anyone who would learn?
18. Aad denied the truth. So how were My punishment and My warnings?
19. We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, on a day of unrelenting misery.
20. Plucking the people away, as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.
21. So how were My punishment and My warnings?
22. We made the Quran easy to remember. Is there anyone who would remember?
23. Thamood rejected the warnings.
24. They said, "Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell.
25. Was the message given to him, out of all of us? In fact, he is a wicked liar."
26. They will know tomorrow who the wicked liar is.
27. We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and be patient.
28. And inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each share of drink made available.
29. But they called their friend, and he dared, and he slaughtered.
30. So how were My punishment and My warnings?
31. We sent against them a single Scream, and they became like crushed hay.
32. We made the Quran easy to understand. Is there anyone who would understand?
33. The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
34. We unleashed upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot; We rescued them at dawn.
35. A blessing from Us. Thus We reward the thankful.
36. He had warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warnings.
37. They even lusted for his guest, so We obliterated their eyes. "So taste My punishment and My warnings."
38. Early morning brought upon them enduring punishment.
39. So taste My punishment and My warnings.
40. We made the Quran easy to memorize. Is there anyone who would memorize?
41. The warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh.
42. They rejected Our signs, all of them, so We seized them-the seizure of an Almighty Omnipotent.
43. Are your unbelievers better than all those? Or do you have immunity in the scriptures?
44. Or do they say, "We are united, and we will be victorious"?
45. The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.
46. The Hour is their appointed time-the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter.
47. The wicked are in confusion and madness.
48. The Day when they are dragged upon their faces into the Fire: "Taste the touch of Saqar."
49. Everything We created is precisely measured.
50. And Our command is but once, like the twinkling of an eye.
51. We have destroyed your likes. Is there anyone who would ponder?
52. Everything they have done is in the Books.
53. Everything, small or large, is written down.
54. The righteous will be amidst gardens and rivers.
55. In an assembly of virtue, in the presence of an Omnipotent King.
chapter 53 sura
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1. By the star as it goes down.
2. Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred.
3. Nor does he speak out of desire.
4. It is but a revelation revealed.
5. Taught to him by the Extremely Powerful.
6. The one of vigor. He settled.
7. While he was at the highest horizon.
8. Then he came near, and hovered around.
9. He was within two bows' length, or closer.
10. Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
11. The heart did not lie about what it saw.
12. Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw?
13. He saw him on another descent.
14. At the Lotus Tree of the Extremity.
15. Near which is the Garden of Repose.
16. As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it.
17. The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed.
18. He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord.
19. Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza?
20. And Manat, the third one, the other?
21. Are you to have the males, and He the females?
22. What a bizarre distribution.
23. These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which Allah sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.
24. Or is the human being to have whatever he desires?
25. To Allah belong the Last and the First.
26. How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after Allah gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves?
27. Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females.
28. They have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, and assumptions are no substitute for the truth.
29. So avoid him who has turned away from Our remembrance, and desires nothing but the present life.
30. That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance.
31. To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and recompense those who do good with the best.
32. Those who avoid gross sins and indecencies-except for minor lapses-your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well, ever since He created you from the earth, and ever since you were embryos in your mothers' wombs. So do not acclaim your own virtue; He is fully aware of the righteous.
33. Have you considered him who turned away?
34. And gave a little, and held back?
35. Does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and can therefore foresee?
36. Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses?
37. And of Abraham, who fulfilled?
38. That no soul bears the burdens of another soul.
39. And that the human being attains only what he strives for.
40. And that his efforts will be witnessed.
41. Then he will be rewarded for it the fullest reward.
42. And that to your Lord is the finality.
43. And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping.
44. And that it is He who gives death and life.
45. And that it is He who created the two kinds-the male and the female.
46. From a sperm drop, when emitted.
47. And that upon Him is the next existence.
48. And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes.
49. And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.
50. And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad.
51. And Thamood, sparing no one.
52. And the people of Noah before that; for they were most unjust and most oppressive.
53. And He toppled the ruined cities.
54. And covered them with whatever covered them.
55. So which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
56. This is a warning, just like the first warnings.
57. The inevitable is imminent.
58. None besides Allah can unveil it.
59. Do you marvel at this discourse?
60. And laugh, and do not weep?
61. Lost in your frivolity?
62. So bow down to Allah, and worship!
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