Chapter 54, 55 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon).
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
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 sign, they turn away, and say: "This is continuous magic."
And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
They belied (the Verses of Allah - this Qur'an), and followed their own lusts. And every matter will be settled (according to the kind of deeds: good deeds will take their doers to Paradise, and similarly evil deeds will take their doers to Hell).
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
And indeed there has come to them news (in this Qur'an) wherein there is (enough warning) to check (them from evil),
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence -
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
Perfect wisdom (this Qur'an), but (the preaching of) warners benefit them not.
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
So (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withdraw from them. The Day that the caller will call (them) to a terrible thing.
So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
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.
They will come forth, with humbled eyes from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread abroad,
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
Hastening towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day."
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
The people of Nuh (Noah) denied (their Messenger) before them. They rejected Our slave, and said: "A madman!" and he was insolently rebuked and threatened.
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
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.
Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!"
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
So We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth.
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
And We caused springs to gush forth from the earth. So the waters (of the heaven and the earth) met for a matter predestined.
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
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 carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails,
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
Floating under Our Eyes: a reward for him who had been rejected!
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
And indeed, We have left this as a sign. Then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?
Then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition)?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
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 ?
'Ad (people) belied (their Prophet, Hud); then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?
'Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
Verily, We sent against them a furious wind of harsh voice on a day of evil omen and continuous calamity.
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.
Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
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 ?
Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.
Thamud denied the warning
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
And they said: "A man, alone among us - shall we follow him? Truly then we should be in error and distress (or madness)!"
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
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.
"Is it that the Reminder is sent to him [Prophet Salih عليه السلام] alone from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar!"
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
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.
Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one!
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
(Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them [O Salih عليه السلام], and be patient!
Indeed, We are sending the she - camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
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;
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them, each one's right to drink being established (by turns).
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
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.
But they called their comrade and he took (a sword) and killed (her).
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.
Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
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.
And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
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 ?
The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings.
The people of Lot denied the warning.
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
Verily, We sent against them a violent storm of stones (which destroyed them all), except the family of Lut (Lot), them We saved in the last hour of the night,
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn
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,
As a Favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks (by obeying Us).
As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
And he [Lut (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Seizure (punishment), but they did doubt the warnings!
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
And they indeed sought to shame his guest (by asking to commit sodomy with them). So We blinded their eyes, (saying) "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and 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 verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning.
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
"Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."
So taste My punishment and warning.
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
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 indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron)].
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
(They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable (Omnipotent).
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
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.
Are your disbelievers (O Quraish!) better than these [nations of Nuh (Noah), Lut (Lot), Salih, and the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who were destroyed)? Or have you an immunity (against Our Torment) in the Divine Scriptures?
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?
Or say they: "We are a great multitude, victorious?"
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
Or say they: We are a host victorious ?
Their multitude will be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
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).
Verily the Mujrimun (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals) are in error (in this world) and will burn (in the Hell-fire in the Hereafter).
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): "Taste you the touch of Hell!"
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."
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.
Verily, We have created all things with Qadar (Divine Preordainments of all things before their creation as written in the Book of Decrees Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz).
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
And Our Commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye.
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
And indeed, We have destroyed your likes; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?
And everything they have done is noted in (their) Records (of deeds).
And everything they did is in written records.
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
And everything, small and big, is written down (in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz already beforehand i.e. before it befalls, or is done by its doer: الإيمان بالقدر) (See the Qur'an V.57:22 and its footnote).
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
And every small and great thing is recorded.
Verily, The Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2), will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise).
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
In a seat of truth (i.e. Paradise), near the Omnipotent King (Allah, the One, the All-Blessed, the Most High, the Owner of Majesty and Honour).
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.