54.The Moon 1.The Opening 2.The Cow 3.The Family of Imraan 4.The Women 5.The Table 6.The Cattle 7.The Heights 8.The Spoils of War 9.The Repentance 10.Jonas 11.Hud 12.Joseph 13.The Thunder 14.Abraham 15.The Rock 16.The Bee 17.The Night Journey 18.The Cave 19.Mary 20.Taa-Haa 21.The Prophets 22.The Pilgrimage 23.The Believers 24.The Light 25.The Criterion 26.The Poets 27.The Ant 28.The Stories 29.The Spider 30.The Romans 31.Luqman 32.The Prostration 33.The Clans 34.Sheba 35.The Originator 36.Yaseen 37.Those drawn up in Ranks 38.The letter Saad 39.The Groups 40.The Forgiver 41.Explained in detail 42.Consultation 43.Ornaments of gold 44.The Smoke 45.Crouching 46.The Dunes 47.Muhammad 48.The Victory 49.The Inner Apartments 50.The letter Qaaf 51.The Winnowing Winds 52.The Mount 53.The Star 54.The Moon 55.The Beneficent 56.The Inevitable 57.The Iron 58.The Pleading Woman 59.The Exile 60.She that is to be examined 61.The Ranks 62.Friday 63.The Hypocrites 64.Mutual Disillusion 65.Divorce 66.The Prohibition 67.The Sovereignty 68.The Pen 69.The Reality 70.The Ascending Stairways 71.Noah 72.The Jinn 73.The Enshrouded One 74.The Cloaked One 75.The Resurrection 76.Man 77.The Emissaries 78.The Announcement 79.Those who drag forth 80.He frowned 81.The Overthrowing 82.The Cleaving 83.Defrauding 84.The Splitting Open 85.The Constellations 86.The Morning Star 87.The Most High 88.The Overwhelming 89.The Dawn 90.The City 91.The Sun 92.The Night 93.The Morning Hours 94.The Consolation 95.The Fig 96.The Clot 97.The Power, Fate 98.The Evidence 99.The Earthquake 100.The Chargers 101.The Calamity 102.Competition 103.The Declining Day, Epoch 104.The Traducer 105.The Elephant 106.Quraysh 107.Almsgiving 108.Abundance 109.The Disbelievers 110.Divine Support 111.The Palm Fibre 112.Sincerity 113.The Dawn 114.Mankind The Hour draws near; the moon is split in two Whenever the disbelievers see a sign, they turn away and say, ‘Same old sorcery!’ They reject the truth and follow their own desires––everything is recorded–– although warning tales that should have restrained them have come down to them–– farreaching wisdom––but these warnings do not help so [Prophet] turn away from them. On the Day the Summoner will summon them to a horrific event eyes downcast, they will come out of their graves like swarming locusts rushing towards the Summoner. The disbelievers will cry, ‘This is a stern day!’ The people of Noah rejected the truth before them: they rejected Our servant, saying, ‘He is mad!’ Noah was rebuked and so he called upon his Lord, ‘I am defeated: help me!’ So We opened the gates of the sky with torrential water burst the earth with gushing springs: the waters met for a preordained purpose We carried him along on a vessel of planks and nails that floated under Our watchful eye, a reward for the one who had been rejected We have left this as a sign: will anyone take heed How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed The people of 'Ad also rejected the truth. How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings We released a howling wind against them on a day of terrible disaster it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’ ‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’ But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed The people of Lot rejected the warnings We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before dawn as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful He warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warning they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’ and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains ‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’ We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed The people of Pharaoh also received warnings They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power ‘Are your disbelievers any better than these? Were you given an exemption in the Scripture?’ Do they perhaps say, ‘We are a great army and we shall be victorious’ Their forces will be routed and they will turn tail and flee But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter truly the wicked are misguided and quite insane–– on the Day when they are dragged on their faces in Hell. ‘Feel the touch of Hell.’ We have created all things in due measure when We ordain something it happens at once, in the blink of an eye We have destroyed the likes of you in the past. Will anyone take heed Everything they do is noted in their records every action, great or small, is recorded The righteous will live securely among Gardens and rivers secure in the presence of an all-powerful Sovereign Prev Next 1.The Opening 2.The Cow 3.The Family of Imraan 4.The Women 5.The Table 6.The Cattle 7.The Heights 8.The Spoils of War 9.The Repentance 10.Jonas 11.Hud 12.Joseph 13.The Thunder 14.Abraham 15.The Rock 16.The Bee 17.The Night Journey 18.The Cave 19.Mary 20.Taa-Haa 21.The Prophets 22.The Pilgrimage 23.The Believers 24.The Light 25.The Criterion 26.The Poets 27.The Ant 28.The Stories 29.The Spider 30.The Romans 31.Luqman 32.The Prostration 33.The Clans 34.Sheba 35.The Originator 36.Yaseen 37.Those drawn up in Ranks 38.The letter Saad 39.The Groups 40.The Forgiver 41.Explained in detail 42.Consultation 43.Ornaments of gold 44.The Smoke 45.Crouching 46.The Dunes 47.Muhammad 48.The Victory 49.The Inner Apartments 50.The letter Qaaf 51.The Winnowing Winds 52.The Mount 53.The Star 54.The Moon 55.The Beneficent 56.The Inevitable 57.The Iron 58.The Pleading Woman 59.The Exile 60.She that is to be examined 61.The Ranks 62.Friday 63.The Hypocrites 64.Mutual Disillusion 65.Divorce 66.The Prohibition 67.The Sovereignty 68.The Pen 69.The Reality 70.The Ascending Stairways 71.Noah 72.The Jinn 73.The Enshrouded One 74.The Cloaked One 75.The Resurrection 76.Man 77.The Emissaries 78.The Announcement 79.Those who drag forth 80.He frowned 81.The Overthrowing 82.The Cleaving 83.Defrauding 84.The Splitting Open 85.The Constellations 86.The Morning Star 87.The Most High 88.The Overwhelming 89.The Dawn 90.The City 91.The Sun 92.The Night 93.The Morning Hours 94.The Consolation 95.The Fig 96.The Clot 97.The Power, Fate 98.The Evidence 99.The Earthquake 100.The Chargers 101.The Calamity 102.Competition 103.The Declining Day, Epoch 104.The Traducer 105.The Elephant 106.Quraysh 107.Almsgiving 108.Abundance 109.The Disbelievers 110.Divine Support 111.The Palm Fibre 112.Sincerity 113.The Dawn 114.Mankind