The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split open.
And if they see a sign, they turn away and say, "Incessant magic."
They denied and followed their personal desires, but every matter has its time of settlement.
News has indeed come to them, which contained deterrents
of profound wisdom, but the warnings have been of no avail.
So turn away from them. On the Day the caller calls to something terrible,
with subdued eyesight, they will emerge from the graves as if they were spread out locusts.
Rushing headlong to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
The people of Noah denied before them. They denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was jeered away.
So he implored his Lord, "I am overpowered, so help me."
So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water,
and We caused springs to gush out of the earth. And so the waters were joined in accordance to a matter that was predestined.
And We carried him on that which was made of planks and nails.
It sailed before Our eyes; a reward for one who had been rejected.
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will take heed?
How then were My punishment and warnings!
We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
Aad denied. How then were My punishment and warnings!
We sent upon them a howling wind on a day of incessant misfortune.
It plucked the people away as though they were uprooted palm tree trunks.
How then were My punishment and warnings!
We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
Thamoud denied the warnings.
They said, "Are we to follow one single human being from among us? Surely we would then be in misguidance and sheer madness.
Of all of us, has the Reminder been sent down to him? Rather, he is an impudent liar."
They will know tomorrow who the impudent liar is.
"We are sending the she-camel as a test for them, so watch them and be patient.
And inform them that the water is to be shared between them, each drinking in turn."
But they called on their companion. He was paid, and he hamstrung her.
How then were My punishment and warnings!
We sent upon them a single blast whereupon they became like a thatcher's dry stubble.
We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
The people of Lot denied the warnings.
We sent upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot whom We saved before dawn;
a blessing from Us. We thus reward those who give thanks.
And he had already warned them of Our strike, but they dismissed the warnings.
They tried to prise his guests away from him, so We obliterated their eyes, and so: "Taste My punishment and warnings."
Early morning brought upon them an enduring punishment,
and so: "Taste My punishment and warnings."
We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
The warnings came to Pharaoh's people.
They rejected Our signs, all of them, and so We seized them; the seizing of a Dignified, Omnipotent.
Are your disbelievers better than those? Or have you been granted amnesty in the Scriptures?
Or do they say, "We are united, and we shall be victorious"?
The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.
Indeed, the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter.
Indeed, the criminals are in misguidance and sheer madness.
On the Day they are dragged on their faces into the Fire: "Taste the touch of Saqar."
We created all things in precise measure.
And Our command is issued just once, and is like the blink of an eye.
We have annihilated those of your kind, so is there any who will take heed?
Everything they did is contained in the records.
Every small or large thing is written down.
The reverent are amidst gardens and rivers
in a position of truth at an Omnipotent King.