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.
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
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."
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
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.
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
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),
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
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,
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin
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,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
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.
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
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.
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
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)!"
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
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.
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
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:
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
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)!
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
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?
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
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?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
(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?
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
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,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
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).
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
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?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
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!
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
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!"
Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
(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!
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
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!
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
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).
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
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).
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
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.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
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?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
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, -
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
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.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
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."
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
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?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
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.
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
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?
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
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.
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
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.
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
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!"
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
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.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
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?
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin