Chapter 54, 55 verses
The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.
وإن يروا آية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
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 reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention - -
ولقد جاءهم من الأنباء ما فيه مزدجر
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
Consummate wisdom - - but warnings do not avail;
حكمة بالغة ۖ فما تغن النذر
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them 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
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
خشعا أبصارهم يخرجون من الأجداث كأنهم جراد منتشر
They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.
مهطعين إلى الداع ۖ يقول الكافرون هذا يوم عسر
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! - "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
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
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
ففتحنا أبواب السماء بماء منهمر
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
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 We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
وحملناه على ذات ألواح ودسر
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm - fibre:
Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
تجري بأعيننا جزاء لمن كان كفر
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who
ولقد تركناها آية فهل من مدكر
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
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 We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!
كذبت عاد فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill - luck
إنا أرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في يوم نحس مستمر
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm - trees torn up.
تنزع الناس كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm - trees torn up (from the ground).
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Samood rejected the warning.
كذبت ثمود بالنذر
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
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: "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!
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
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
سيعلمون غدا من الكذاب الأشر
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
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
For We will send the she - camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in 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 tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
فنادوا صاحبهم فتعاطى فعقر
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
فكيف كان عذابي ونذر
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
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
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
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 We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
كذبت قوم لوط بالنذر
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
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
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -
A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
نعمة من عندنا ۚ كذلك نجزي من شكر
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
ولقد أنذرهم بطشتنا فتماروا بالنذر
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
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
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 certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
ولقد صبحهم بكرة عذاب مستقر
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
So taste My chastisement and My warning.
فذوقوا عذابي ونذر
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
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 We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
ولقد جاء آل فرعون النذر
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
كذبوا بآياتنا كلها فأخذناهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر
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.
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 Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
أم يقولون نحن جميع منتصر
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
سيهزم الجمع ويولون الدبر
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
إن المجرمين في ضلال وسعر
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
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
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
إنا كل شيء خلقناه بقدر
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
وما أمرنا إلا واحدة كلمح بالبصر
And Our Command is but a single (Act), - like 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 (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
And everything they have done is in the writings.
وكل شيء فعلوه في الزبر
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
And everything small and great is written down.
وكل صغير وكبير مستطر
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
إن المتقين في جنات ونهر
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.
في مقعد صدق عند مليك مقتدر
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.