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Annotated Qur'an
Sura 54: The Moon
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Qur'an 54:1 The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.	Qur'an 54:1 Notes This is yet another example of ridiculous theatrics in the Quran. To make judgement day even scarier...the moon will split in the sky.

Qur'an 54:2 Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”	Qur'an 54:2 Notes We are yet again bombarded with the horror of judgement day, another recurring mechanism of fear in the Quran.

Qur'an 54:3 They lied, and followed their opinions, but everything has its time.	Qur'an 54:3 Notes The Quran insulting anyone who disagrees with this book.

Qur'an 54:4 And there came to them news containing a deterrent.	Qur'an 54:4 Notes One great way to build a cult and propagate it is to isolate "believers" from those who are rightly sceptical of the nonsense being spouted.

Qur'an 54:5 Profound wisdom—but warnings are of no avail.	Qur'an 54:5 Notes Another trope in the Quran is to label all the nonsense in here are "wisdom". If you keep calling it all sage, then it must be sage right?

Qur'an 54:6 So turn away from them. On the Day when the Caller calls to something terrible.	Qur'an 54:6 Notes So clearly at judgement day, that separation from non-believers will be complete.

Qur'an 54:7 Their eyes humiliated, they will emerge from the graves, as if they were swarming locusts.	Qur'an 54:7 Notes And now the loving forgiving Allah starts the process of hurting those who didn't believe.

Qur'an 54:8 Scrambling towards the Caller, the disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult Day.”	Qur'an 54:8 Notes Not just hurting, invoking pointless terror and horror into their hearts. Burning them for eternity isn't enough...you have to induce panic and dread in them.

Qur'an 54:9 Before them the people of Noah disbelieved. They rejected Our servant, and said, “Crazy,” and he was rebuked.	Qur'an 54:9 Notes Clearly the author of this book was really bitter from all the people calling the nonsense that he was spouting as "crazy".

Qur'an 54:10 So he appealed to his Lord, “I am overwhelmed, so help me.”	Qur'an 54:10 Notes A retelling of the deeply horrific and immoral act...

Qur'an 54:11 So We opened the floodgates of heaven with water pouring down.	Qur'an 54:11 Notes Where the kind loving and forgiving Allah murdered almost every human on Earth, including innocent children.

Qur'an 54:12 And We made the earth burst with springs, and the waters met for a purpose already destined.	Qur'an 54:12 Notes ...which seemed pre-planned meaning Allah knew his creations would be sinful but created them like that anyways so they would eventually be killed meaning Allah really thrives off of murder-rampages.

Qur'an 54:13 And We carried him on a craft of planks and nails.	Qur'an 54:13 Notes Soooooooo....if you don't believe in the rapture...

Qur'an 54:14 Sailing before Our eyes; a reward for him who was rejected.	Qur'an 54:14 Notes ...just look at this story (with no evidence or proof)...

Qur'an 54:15 And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who would take heed?	Qur'an 54:15 Notes ...where Allah's murderous rage happened before.

{{sura |1=54:17 |2=We made the Quran easy to learn. Is there anyone who would learn? |3=Easy to learn? Why then have people argued for centuries over how to implement even straight forwarded seeming rules?

Qur'an 54:16 So how were My punishment and My warnings?	Qur'an 54:16 Notes The loving Allah lists his punishments.

Qur'an 54:18 Aad denied the truth. So how were My punishment and My warnings?	Qur'an 54:18 Notes More horror theatrics.

Qur'an 54:19 We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, on a day of unrelenting misery.	Qur'an 54:19 Notes Doesn't this inspire spiritual bliss?

Qur'an 54:20 Plucking the people away, as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.	Qur'an 54:20 Notes So harmoniously beautiful!

Qur'an 54:21 So how were My punishment and My warnings?	Qur'an 54:21 Notes God is love!

Qur'an 54:22 We made the Quran easy to remember. Is there anyone who would remember?	Qur'an 54:22 Notes Actually very few human beings have ever memorised the whole thing.

Qur'an 54:23 Thamood rejected the warnings.	Qur'an 54:23 Notes Uh oh. Another character didn't buy into this nonsense.

Qur'an 54:24 They said, “Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell.	Qur'an 54:24 Notes And so he was sent to a made up realm in the afterlife.

Qur'an 54:25 Was the message given to him, out of all of us? In fact, he is a wicked liar.”	Qur'an 54:25 Notes This is a story about people who called Muhammed an impostor.

Qur'an 54:26 They will know tomorrow who the wicked liar is.	Qur'an 54:26 Notes This isn't surprising because there were countless so called "prophets" at the time.

Qur'an 54:27 We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and be patient.	Qur'an 54:27 Notes None the less...apparantly Allah didn't like this and so the loving forgiving sky god destroyed them.

Qur'an 54:28 And inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each share of drink made available.	Qur'an 54:28 Notes A dreaded story.

Qur'an 54:29 But they called their friend, and he dared, and he slaughtered.	Qur'an 54:29 Notes Designed to inspire fear.

Qur'an 54:30 So how were My punishment and My warnings?	Qur'an 54:30 Notes So that you will believe this nonsense.

Qur'an 54:31 We sent against them a single Scream, and they became like crushed hay.	Qur'an 54:31 Notes Graphic descriptions of horror.

Qur'an 54:32 We made the Quran easy to understand. Is there anyone who would understand?	Qur'an 54:32 Notes A common mechanism in the Quran. Keep repeating something until you can no longer resist its truthfulness.

Qur'an 54:33 The people of Lot rejected the warnings.	Qur'an 54:33 Notes Oh dear God not another example....

Qur'an 54:34 We unleashed upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot; We rescued them at dawn.	Qur'an 54:34 Notes ...of the loving forgiving God destroying an entire people.

Qur'an 54:35 A blessing from Us. Thus We reward the thankful.	Qur'an 54:35 Notes Yes. All that horror was such a blessing.

Qur'an 54:36 He had warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warnings.	Qur'an 54:36 Notes A fictional story that cannot be proven.

Qur'an 54:37 They even lusted for his guest, so We obliterated their eyes. “So taste My punishment and My warnings.”	Qur'an 54:37 Notes And yet...it is used as evidence in this book.

Qur'an 54:38 Early morning brought upon them enduring punishment.	Qur'an 54:38 Notes At least some of the other Surrahs pace the amount of horror in them, but this Surrah is just an endless litany of fear.

Qur'an 54:39 So taste My punishment and My warnings.	Qur'an 54:39 Notes Wow...fear is meant to be experienced by various senses.

Qur'an 54:40 We made the Quran easy to memorize. Is there anyone who would memorize?	Qur'an 54:40 Notes Huh..have I heard this before?

Qur'an 54:41 The warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh.	Qur'an 54:41 Notes Oh sweet Jesus...yet another example...

Qur'an 54:42 They rejected Our signs, all of them, so We seized them—the seizure of an Almighty Omnipotent.	Qur'an 54:42 Notes ...where the loving forgiving Allah punishes a whole group of people for the sins of a leader.

Qur'an 54:43 Are your unbelievers better than all those? Or do you have immunity in the scriptures?	Qur'an 54:43 Notes Just when you thought four examples were enough...we need a fifth.

Qur'an 54:44 Or do they say, “We are united, and we will be victorious”?	Qur'an 54:44 Notes That's right...here come the Makkahs.

Qur'an 54:45 The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.	Qur'an 54:45 Notes They were warned.

Qur'an 54:46 The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter.	Qur'an 54:46 Notes And warned.

Qur'an 54:47 The wicked are in confusion and madness.	Qur'an 54:47 Notes With horror.

Qur'an 54:48 The Day when they are dragged upon their faces into the Fire: “Taste the touch of Saqar.”	Qur'an 54:48 Notes And more horror.

Qur'an 54:49 Everything We created is precisely measured.	Qur'an 54:49 Notes This is a sort of evidence that God's plan is an ingenious mechanised symmetrical perfection.

Qur'an 54:50 And Our command is but once, like the twinkling of an eye.	Qur'an 54:50 Notes As though all the horror that preceded this builds up to a cathartic beauty.

Qur'an 54:51 We have destroyed your likes. Is there anyone who would ponder?	Qur'an 54:51 Notes Even though all these fictional stories happened...would you still dare doubt the coming appocalypse?

Qur'an 54:52 Everything they have done is in the Books.	Qur'an 54:52 Notes So apparantly everything that has happened on Earth was recorded in the holy books.

Qur'an 54:53 Everything, small or large, is written down.	Qur'an 54:53 Notes Except of course while this was written civilisations were developing in many other continents the writers of these books didn't know about.

Qur'an 54:54 The righteous will be amidst gardens and rivers.	Qur'an 54:54 Notes And now comes the reward for believing in this nonsense.

Qur'an 54:55 In an assembly of virtue, in the presence of an Omnipotent King.	Qur'an 54:55 Notes You get to go to a beautiful place that no one can proves exists because you have to die to find out if it is true or not.