In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
54:1The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.*
Footnote 54:1
*54:1 This important sign of the approaching end of the world came to pass in 1969 when humans landed on the moon and brought pieces of the moon to earth. At the same time, God’s mathematical Miracle of the Quran was being gradually unveiled. Traditional Muslims opposed it, since it exposed the fallacy of their practices (Appendix 25).
54:2Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, “Old magic.”
54:3They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.
54:4Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.
54:5Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain.
54:6Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.
54:7With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.
54:8As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult day.”
54:9The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, “Crazy!” He was persecuted.
54:10He implored his Lord, “I am oppressed; grant me victory.”
54:11We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water.
54:12And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision.
The Ark
54:13We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes.
54:14It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
54:15We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?
54:16How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
54:17We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
54:18`Aad disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.
54:19We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.
54:20It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.
54:21How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
54:22We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
54:23Thamoud rejected the warnings.
54:24They said, “Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.
54:25“Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar.”
54:26They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.
54:27We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.
54:28Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day.
54:29But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.
54:30Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.
54:31We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
54:32We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
54:33The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
54:34We showered them with rocks. Only Lot’s family was saved at dawn.
54:35We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.
54:36He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.
54:37They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
54:38Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
54:39Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
54:40We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
54:41Pharaoh’s people were warned.
54:42They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should.
54:43Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture?
54:44Perhaps they think, “We will be the winners.”
54:45All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
54:46The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
54:47Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell.
54:48They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.
54:49Everything we created is precisely measured.
54:50Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.
54:51We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?
54:52Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.
54:53Everything, small or large, is written down.
54:54Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.
54:55In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.