Chapter 54, 55 verses
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun
And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention - -
Mature wisdom; - but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
Consummate wisdom - - but warnings do not avail;
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin
So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,
They will come forth, - their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! - "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin
So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm - fibre:
Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill - luck
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm - trees torn up (from the ground).
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm - trees torn up.
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
Samood rejected the warning.
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!
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
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:
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru
Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
For We will send the she - camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
Surely We are going to send the she - camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn, -
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
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 rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
So taste My chastisement and My warning.
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
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.
Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin
Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
And Our Command is but a single (Act), - like the twinkling of an eye.
Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
And everything they have done is in the writings.
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
And everything small and great is written down.
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.