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