Chapter 54, 55 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
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.
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
(Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
Lo! We are sending the she - camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle - fold.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
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,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
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!
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ