Translation of the Holy Koran by Shakir
 
Sura 54 Aya 1 to 55
 
  1   [ 54: 1 ] The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
  2   [ 54: 2 ] And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.
  3   [ 54: 3 ] And they call ( it ) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.
  4   [ 54: 4 ] And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention--
  5   [ 54: 5 ] Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;
  6   [ 54: 6 ] So turn ( your ) back on them ( for ) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,
  7   [ 54: 7 ] Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
  8   [ 54: 8 ] Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.
  9   [ 54: 9 ] Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called ( him ) mad, and he was driven away.
  10   [ 54: 10 ] Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
  11   [ 54: 11 ] So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
  12   [ 54: 12 ] And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
  13   [ 54: 13 ] And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
  14   [ 54: 14 ] Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
  15   [ 54: 15 ] And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who
  16   [ 54: 16 ] How ( great ) was then My punishment and My warning!
  17   [ 54: 17 ] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
  18   [ 54: 18 ] Ad treated ( the truth ) as a lie, so how ( great ) was My punishment and My warning!
  19   [ 54: 19 ] Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck
  20   [ 54: 20 ] Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.
  21   [ 54: 21 ] How ( great ) was then My punishment and My warning!
  22   [ 54: 22 ] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
  23   [ 54: 23 ] Samood rejected the warning.
  24   [ 54: 24 ] So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
  25   [ 54: 25 ] Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!
  26   [ 54: 26 ] Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
  27   [ 54: 27 ] Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.
  28   [ 54: 28 ] And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.
  29   [ 54: 29 ] But they called their companion, so he took ( the sword ) and slew ( her ).
  30   [ 54: 30 ] How ( great ) was then My punishment and My warning!
  31   [ 54: 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   [ 54: 32 ] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
  33   [ 54: 33 ] The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
  34   [ 54: 34 ] Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
  35   [ 54: 35 ] A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
  36   [ 54: 36 ] And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
  37   [ 54: 37 ] And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
  38   [ 54: 38 ] And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
  39   [ 54: 39 ] So taste My chastisement and My warning.
  40   [ 54: 40 ] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
  41   [ 54: 41 ] And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
  42   [ 54: 42 ] They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
  43   [ 54: 43 ] Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
  44   [ 54: 44 ] Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
  45   [ 54: 45 ] Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn ( their ) backs.
  46   [ 54: 46 ] Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
  47   [ 54: 47 ] Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
  48   [ 54: 48 ] On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
  49   [ 54: 49 ] Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
  50   [ 54: 50 ] And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
  51   [ 54: 51 ] And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?
  52   [ 54: 52 ] And everything they have done is in the writings.
  53   [ 54: 53 ] And everything small and great is written down.
  54   [ 54: 54 ] Surely those who guard ( against evil ) shall be in gardens and rivers,
  55   [ 54: 55 ] In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.