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.
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
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."
And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
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.
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
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),
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence -
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
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,
So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
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,
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
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.
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
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.
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
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)!"
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
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.
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
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:
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
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)!
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
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?
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
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?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
(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?
'Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
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,
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
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).
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
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?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
Thamud denied the warning
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!
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
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!"
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
(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!
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
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!
Indeed, We are sending the she - camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
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).
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
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).
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
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.
Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
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?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
The people of Lot denied the 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,
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
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.
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed 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!
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 they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
So taste My punishment and warning.
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?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
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.
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
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?
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
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.
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
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.
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.
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!"
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
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.
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
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?
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
And everything they did is in written records.
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.