# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/54. The Moon
#### 54. The Moon (Al-Qamar)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent asunder.
$^2$ And if they see a sign, they turn away and say: Strong enchantment!
$^3$ And they deny and follow their low desires; and every affair is settled.
$^4$ And certainly narratives have come to them, which should deter --
$^5$ Consummate wisdom but warnings avail not;
$^6$ So turn away from them. On the day when the Inviter invites them to a hard task --
$^7$ Their eyes cast down, they will go forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
$^8$ Hastening to the Inviter. The disbelievers will say: This is a hard day!
$^9$ Before them the people of Noah rejected -- they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
$^{10}$ So he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, so do Thou help.
$^{11}$ Then We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring down,
$^{12}$ And made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
$^{13}$ And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails,
$^{14}$ Floating on, before Our eyes -- a reward for him who was denied.
$^{15}$ And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there any that will mind?
$^{16}$ How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning!
$^{17}$ And certainly We have made the Qur'an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind?
$^{18}$ 'Ad denied, so how terrible was My chastisement and My warning!
$^{19}$ Surely We sent on them a furious wind in a day of bitter ill-luck,
$^{20}$ Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.
$^{21}$ How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning!
$^{22}$ And certainly We have made the Qur'an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind?
$^{23}$ Thamud rejected the warning.
$^{24}$ So they said: What! A single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? We shall then be in sure error and distress.
$^{25}$ Has the reminder been sent to him from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar!
$^{26}$ To-morrow they will know who is the liar, the insolent one.
$^{27}$ Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and have patience.
$^{28}$ And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be attended.
$^{29}$ But they called their companion, so he took (a sword) and hamstrung (her).
$^{30}$ How (terrible) was then My chastisement and My warning!
$^{31}$ Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees, which the maker of an enclosure collects.
$^{32}$ And certainly We have made the Qur'an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind?
$^{33}$ The people of Lot treated the warning as a lie.
$^{34}$ Surely We sent upon them a stone-storm, except Lot's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak --
$^{35}$ A favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
$^{36}$ And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they disputed the warning.
$^{37}$ And certainly they endeavoured to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes so taste My chastisement and My warning.
$^{38}$ And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
$^{39}$ So taste My chastisement and My warning.
$^{40}$ And certainly We have made the Qur'an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind?
$^{41}$ And certainly the warning came to Pharaoh's people.
$^{42}$ They rejected all Our signs, so We overtook them with the seizing of the Mighty, the Powerful.
$^{43}$ Are your disbelievers better than these, or have you an immunity in the scriptures?
$^{44}$ Or say they We are a host allied together to help each other?
$^{45}$ Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they will show (their) backs.
$^{46}$ Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour is most grievous and bitter,
$^{47}$ Surely the guilty are in error and distress,
$^{48}$ On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces: Taste the touch of hell.
$^{49}$ Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
$^{50}$ And Our command is but once, as the twinkling of an eye.
$^{51}$ And certainly We destroyed your fellows, but is there any one who will mind?
$^{52}$ And everything they do is in the writings.
$^{53}$ And everything small and great is written down.
$^{54}$ Surely the dutiful will be among Gardens and rivers,
$^{55}$ In the seat of truth, with a most Powerful King.