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1 The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.

1 Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

1 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).

2 But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."

2 Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

2 And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: "This is continuous magic."

3 They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.

3 Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

3 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).

4 There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

4 Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

4 And indeed there has come to them news (in this Qur'an) wherein there is (enough warning) to check (them from evil),

5 Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

5 Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

5 Perfect wisdom (this Qur'an), but (the preaching of) warners benefit them not.

6 Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,

6 Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

6 So (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withdraw from them. The Day that the caller will call (them) to a terrible thing.

7 They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

7 KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

7 They will come forth, with humbled eyes from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread abroad,

8 Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! - "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

8 MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

8 Hastening towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day."

9 Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.

9 Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

9 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.

10 Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"

10 FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

10 Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!"

11 So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

11 Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

11 So We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth.

12 And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

12 Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

12 And We caused springs to gush forth from the earth. So the waters (of the heaven and the earth) met for a matter predestined.

13 But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm - fibre:

13 Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

13 And We carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails,

14 She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

14 Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

14 Floating under Our Eyes: a reward for him who had been rejected!

15 And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?

15 Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

15 And indeed, We have left this as a sign. Then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

16 But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

16 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

16 Then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

17 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

17 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

17 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition)?

18 The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

18 Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

18 'Ad (people) belied (their Prophet, Hud); then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

19 For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

19 Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

19 Verily, We sent against them a furious wind of harsh voice on a day of evil omen and continuous calamity.

20 Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm - trees torn up (from the ground).

20 TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

20 Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.

21 Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

21 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

21 Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

22 But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

22 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

22 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

23 The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

23 Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23 Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.

24 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!

24 Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

24 And they said: "A man, alone among us - shall we follow him? Truly then we should be in error and distress (or madness)!"

25 "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"

25 Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

25 "Is it that the Reminder is sent to him [Prophet Salih عليه السلام] alone from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar!"

26 Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

26 SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

26 Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one!

27 For We will send the she - camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!

27 Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

27 Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them [O Salih عليه السلام], and be patient!

28 And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

28 Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

28 And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them, each one's right to drink being established (by turns).

29 But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).

29 Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

29 But they called their comrade and he took (a sword) and killed (her).

30 Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

30 Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

30 Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

31 For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

31 Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

31 Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.

32 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

32 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

32 And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

33 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

33 Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33 The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings.

34 We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -

34 Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

34 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,

35 As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.

35 NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

35 As a Favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks (by obeying Us).

36 And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.

36 Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

36 And he [Lut (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Seizure (punishment), but they did doubt the warnings!

37 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."

37 Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

37 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."

38 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

38 Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

38 And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning.

39 "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

39 Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

39 "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

40 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

40 Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

40 And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

41 To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

41 Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

41 And indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron)].

42 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.

42 Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

42 (They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable (Omnipotent).

43 Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

43 Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

43 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?

44 Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

44 Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

44 Or say they: "We are a great multitude, victorious?"

45 Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

45 Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

45 Their multitude will be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

46 Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

46 Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

46 Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.

47 Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.

47 Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

47 Verily the Mujrimun (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals) are in error (in this world) and will burn (in the Hell-fire in the Hereafter).

48 The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"

48 Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

48 The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): "Taste you the touch of Hell!"

49 Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

49 Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

49 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).

50 And Our Command is but a single (Act), - like the twinkling of an eye.

50 Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

50 And Our Commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye.

51 And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?

51 Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

51 And indeed, We have destroyed your likes; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?

52 All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):

52 Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

52 And everything they have done is noted in (their) Records (of deeds).

53 Every matter, small and great, is on record.

53 Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

53 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).

54 As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,

54 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

54 Verily, The Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2), will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise).

55 In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.

55 Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

55 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).