Al-Qamar (54)
Verses: 55فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!
Al-Qamar
- Verse 21
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?
Al-Qamar
- Verse 22
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings:
Al-Qamar
- Verse 23
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane!
Al-Qamar
- Verse 24
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’
Al-Qamar
- Verse 25
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar,
Al-Qamar
- Verse 26
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient.
Al-Qamar
- Verse 27
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’
Al-Qamar
- Verse 28
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel.
Al-Qamar
- Verse 29
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!
Al-Qamar
- Verse 30
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks.
Al-Qamar
- Verse 31
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?
Al-Qamar
- Verse 32
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
Al-Qamar
- Verse 33
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before dawn
Al-Qamar
- Verse 34
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful.
Al-Qamar
- Verse 35
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
He warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warning-
Al-Qamar
- Verse 36
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’-
Al-Qamar
- Verse 37
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains-
Al-Qamar
- Verse 38
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’
Al-Qamar
- Verse 39
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?
Al-Qamar
- Verse 40