English - Yusuf Ali

Surah Al-Qamar ( The Moon ) - Aya count 55
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The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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!
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
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."
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
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.
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.