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