Chapter 54, 55 verses
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
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.
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
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."
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
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.
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
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),
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin
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,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
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,
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
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.
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
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.
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
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)!"
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
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.
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
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:
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
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)!
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
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?
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
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?
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
(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?
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
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,
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
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).
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
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?
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
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!
Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
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!"
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
(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!
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
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!
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
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).
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
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).
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
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.
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
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?
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
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, -
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
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 rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
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 sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
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 jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
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.
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
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?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
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.
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
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.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
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!"
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
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.
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
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?
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.