Surah Al-Qamar, Ayah 21 (54:21)
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىۡ وَنُذُرِ ٢١
English translation (Pickthall)
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
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وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاَنۡۢبَآءِ مَا فِيۡهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌۙ ٤
54:4And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
حِكۡمَةٌ ۢ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغۡنِ النُّذُرُۙ ٥
54:5Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰى شَىۡءٍ نُّكُرٍۙ ٦
54:6So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
خُشَّعًا اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡاَجۡدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٌ مُّنۡتَشِرٌۙ ٧
54:7With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
مُّهۡطِعِيۡنَ اِلَى الدَّاعِؕ يَقُوۡلُ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٌ ٨
54:8Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوۡحٍ فَكَذَّبُوۡا عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُوۡا مَجۡنُوۡنٌ وَّازۡدُجِرَ ٩
54:9The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗۤ اَنِّىۡ مَغۡلُوۡبٌ فَانْـتَصِرۡ ١٠
54:10So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
فَفَتَحۡنَاۤ اَبۡوَابَ السَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنۡهَمِرٍۖ ١١
54:11Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
وَّفَجَّرۡنَا الۡاَرۡضَ عُيُوۡنًا فَالۡتَقَى الۡمَآءُ عَلٰٓى اَمۡرٍ قَدۡ قُدِرَۚ ١٢
54:12And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
وَحَمَلۡنٰهُ عَلٰى ذَاتِ اَلۡوَاحٍ وَّدُسُرٍۙ ١٣
54:13And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
تَجۡرِىۡ بِاَعۡيُنِنَاۚ جَزَآءً لِّمَنۡ كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤
54:14That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
وَلَقَدْ تَّرَكۡنٰهَاۤ اٰيَةً فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٥
54:15And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىۡ وَنُذُرِ ١٦
54:16Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ ١٧
54:17And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىۡ وَنُذُرِ ١٨
54:18(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
اِنَّاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيۡحًا صَرۡصَرًا فِىۡ يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٍ مُّسۡتَمِرٍّۙ ١٩
54:19Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
تَنۡزِعُ النَّاسَۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ مُّنۡقَعِرٍ ٢٠
54:20Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِىۡ وَنُذُرِ ٢١
54:21Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِنۡ مُّدَّكِرٍ ٢٢
54:22And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ بِالنُّذُرِ ٢٣
54:23(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
فَقَالُـوۡۤا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗۤ ۙ اِنَّاۤ اِذًا لَّفِىۡ ضَلٰلٍ وَّسُعُرٍ ٢٤
54:24For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
