The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft
But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic
And they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but everything is unalterably fixed
A message of prohibition had come to them
Consummate wisdom - but warners profit them not
Quit them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business
With downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts
Hastening to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the distressful day."
Before them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected
Then cried he to his Lord, "Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour."
So we opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents
And we caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled decree
And we bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails
Under our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him who had been rejected with unbelief
And we left it a sign: but, is there any one who receives the warning
And how great was my vengeance and my menace
Easy for warning have we made the Koran - but, is there any one who receives the warning
The Adites called the truth a lie: but how great was my vengeance and my menace
For we sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress
It tore men away as though they were uprooted palm stumps
And how great was my vengeance and my menace
Easy for warning have we made the Koran - but, is there any one who receives the warning
The tribe of Themoud treated the threatenings as lies
And they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily should we be in error and in folly
To him alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an insolent person."
To-morrow shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent
"For we will send the she-camel to prove them: do thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient
And foretell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and that every draught shall come by turns to them."
But they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her
And how great was my vengeance and my menance
We sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the fold-builders
Easy have we made the Koran for warning - but, is there any one who receives the warning
The people of Lot treated his warning as a lie
But we sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at daybreak we delivered
By our special grace - for thus we reward the thankful
He, indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted
Even this guess did they demand: therefore we deprived them of sight, And said, "Taste ye my vengeance and my menace;"
And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them
[empty verse. see 54:37]
Easy have we made the Koran for warning but, is there any one who receives the warning
To the people of Pharaoh also came the threatenings
All our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong
Are your infidels, O Meccans, better men than these? Is there an exemption for you in the sacred Books
Will they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?"
The host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back
But, that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and bitter
Verily, the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly
On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste ye the touch of Hell."
All things have we created after a fixed decree
Our command was but one word, swift as the twinkling of an eye
Of old, too, have we destroyed the like of you - yet is any one warned
And everything that they do is in the Books
Each action, both small and great, is written down
Verily, amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell
In the seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King