The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon has been cleaved
and if they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Incessant sorcery!
They denied and followed their caprices—and every matter shall be made to endure
Indeed reports have come to them wherein is a reproof
conclusive wisdom, but the warnings availed not
So turn away from them on the Day wherein the caller will call unto a terrible thing
With their eyes humbled they emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts
scrambling toward the caller. The disbelievers say, “This is a calamitous day.
The people of Noah denied before them, for they denied Our servant and said, “Possessed!” And he was reproved
Then he called upon his Lord, “Truly I am overcome. Help!
So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water
and We caused the earth to burst forth with springs, such that the waters met for a matter determined
Then We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails
coursing under Our Eyes as a recompense for one who was rejected
And indeed We left it as a sign; so is there any who remembers
How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings
And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers
?Ad denied. How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings
Truly We sent upon them a howling wind on a day of incessant misfortune
tearing out people as if they were uprooted palm trunks
How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings
And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers
Thamud denied the warnings
They said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we would surely be astray and mad
Has the reminder been cast upon him from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar.
On the morrow they will know who is the insolent liar
Behold! We are sending the she-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be patient
And inform them that the water is to be divided among them—each share of drink equitably proportioned
Then they called their companion, and he took in hand and hamstrung [her]
How, then, were My Punishment and My warnings
Truly We sent upon them a single cry, and they were like a fence maker’s dry sticks
And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers
The people of Lot denied the warnings
Truly We sent upon them a torrent of stones, save the family of Lot, whom We delivered at daw
as a blessing from Us. Thus do We requite whosoever gives thanks
And indeed he had warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warnings
They had sought to lure him from his guests; so We blotted out their eyes. So taste My Punishment and My warnings
And indeed an enduring punishment greeted them early in the morning
So taste My Punishment and My warnings
And indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember; so is there any who remembers
And indeed the warnings came unto the House of Pharaoh
They denied Our signs—all of them; so We seized them with the seizing of One Mighty, Omnipotent
Are your disbelievers better than those? Or have you some exemption in the scriptures
Or do they say, “We are a host victorious!”
The whole shall be routed and they will turn [their] backs
Nay! The Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter
Truly the guilty are astray and mad
On the Day they are dragged upon their faces into the Fire, “Taste the touch of Saqar.
Truly We have created everything according to a measure
And Our Command is naught but one, like the blinking of an eye
We have indeed destroyed the likes of you; so is there any who remembers
Everything that they have done is in the scriptures
everything small and great is inscribed
Truly the reverent are amidst Gardens and a stream
upon a seat of truth before an Omnipotent King