Chapter 54, 55 verses
The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.
وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.
وكذبوا واتبعوا أهواءهم ۚ وكل أمر مستقر
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention - -
ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
Consummate wisdom - - but warnings do not avail;
حكمة بالغة ۖ فما تغن النذر
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,
فتول عنهم ۘ يوم يدع الداع إلى شيء نكر
So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.
مهطعين إلى الداع ۖ يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
۞ كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح فكذبوا عبدنا وقالوا مجنون وازدجر
The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء على أمر قد قدر
And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who
ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!
كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill - luck
إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm - trees torn up.
تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
Samood rejected the warning.
كذبت ثمود بالنذر
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
فقالوا أبشرا منا واحدا نتبعه إنا إذا لفي ضلال وسعر
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.
Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!
أألقي الذكر عليه من بيننا بل هو كذاب أشر
Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر
(Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
Surely We are going to send the she - camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.
إنا مرسلو الناقة فتنة لهم فارتقبهم واصطبر
Lo! We are sending the she - camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.
ونبئهم أن الماء قسمة بينهم ۖ كل شرب محتضر
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
إنا أرسلنا عليهم صيحة واحدة فكانوا كهشيم المحتظر
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle - fold.
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
إنا أرسلنا عليهم حاصبا إلا آل لوط ۖ نجيناهم بسحر
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,
A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
نعمة من عندنا ۚ كذلك نجزي من شكر
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
ولقد أنذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
ولقد راودوه عن ضيفه فطمسنا أعينهم فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
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 certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
So taste My chastisement and My warning.
فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?
And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
ولقد جاء آل فرعون النذر
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
كذبوا بآياتنا كلها فأخذناهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر
Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
أكفاركم خير من أولئكم أم لكم براءة في الزبر
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?
Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
أم يقولون نحن جميع منتصر
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
إن المجرمين في ضلال وسعر
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
يوم يسحبون في النار على وجوههم ذوقوا مس سقر
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
إنا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?
ولقد أهلكنا أشياعكم فهل من مدكر
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?
And everything they have done is in the writings.
وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
And everything small and great is written down.
وكل صغير وكبير مستطر
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
إن المتقين في جنات ونهر
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.
في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.