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.
ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ
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."
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
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.
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
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),
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
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,
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
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,
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
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.
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.
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ
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)!"
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
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.
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
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:
وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
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)!
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
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?
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
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?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
(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?
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
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,
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
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).
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
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?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
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.
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!
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.
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
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.
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
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!
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.
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
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).
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
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.
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
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 ?
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
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,
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
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.
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!
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."
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
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?
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
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.
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
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?
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
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.
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).
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
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.
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ
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.
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
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?
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ