Chapter 54, 55 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
وكذبوا واتبعوا أهواءهم ۚ وكل أمر مستقر
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
حكمة بالغة ۖ فما تغن النذر
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
فتول عنهم ۘ يوم يدع الداع إلى شيء نكر
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر
They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
مهطعين إلى الداع ۖ يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! - "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
۞ كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء على أمر قد قدر
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm - fibre:
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?
ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.
تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm - trees torn up (from the ground).
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
كذبت ثمود بالنذر
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow ? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
فقالوا أبشرا منا واحدا نتبعه إنا إذا لفي ضلال وسعر
For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!
Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
أألقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب أشر
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
(Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
Lo! We are sending the she - camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
إنا مرسلو الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر
For We will send the she - camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
ونبئهم أن الماء قسمة بينهم ۖ كل شرب محتضر
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle - fold.
إنا أرسلنا عليهم صيحة واحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
إنا أرسلنا عليهم حاصبا إلا آل لوط ۖ نجيناهم بسحر
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
نعمة من عندنا ۚ كذلك نجزي من شكر
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
ولقد أنذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
ولقد راودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا أعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
ولقد جاء آل فرعون النذر
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
كذبوا بآياتنا كلها فأخذناهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر
The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?
أكفاركم خير من أولئكم أم لكم براءة في الزبر
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
أم يقولون نحن جميع منتصر
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
إن المجرمين في ضلال وسعر
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
إنا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر
And Our Command is but a single (Act), - like the twinkling of an eye.
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?
ولقد أهلكنا أشياعكم فهل من مدكر
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
And every small and great thing is recorded.
وكل صغير وكبير مستطر
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
إن المتقين في جنات ونهر
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.