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053.057 The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:
053.058 No (soul) but God can lay it bare.
053.059 Do ye then wonder at this recital?
053.060 And will ye laugh and not weep,-
053.061 Wasting your time in vanities?
053.062 But fall ye down in prostration to God, and adore (Him)!
THE MOON, CHAPTER NO. 054
054.001 The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
054.002 But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
054.003 They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
054.004 There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
054.005 Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
054.006 Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
054.007 They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
054.008 Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
054.009 Before them the People of Noah rejected (their apostle): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one
possessed!", and he was driven out.
054.010 Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
054.011 So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
054.012 And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
054.013 But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm- fibre:
054.014 She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
054.015 And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
054.016 But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
054.017 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive
admonition?
054.018 The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
054.019 For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
054.020 Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
054.021 Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
054.022 But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive
admonition?
054.023 The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
054.024 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!
054.025 "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
054.026 Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
054.027 For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in
patience!
054.028 And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward
(by suitable turns).
054.029 But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
054.030 Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
054.031 For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens
cattle.
054.032 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive
admonition?
054.033 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.