In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder. | |
And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic. | |
And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term. | |
And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention -- | |
Consummate wisdom -- but warnings do not avail; | |
So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task, | |
Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts, | |
Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day. | |
Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away. | |
Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help. | |
So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring | |
And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained. | |
And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails | |
Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied. | |
And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who | |
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning! | |
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind? | |
Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning! | |
Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck | |
Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up. | |
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning! | |
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind? | |
Samood rejected the warning. | |
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: | |
Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar! | |
Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one. | |
Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience. | |
And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated. | |
But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her). | |
How (great) was then My punishment and My warning! | |
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 certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind? | |
The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie. | |
Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak, | |
A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks. | |
And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning. | |
And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning. | |
And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning. | |
So taste My chastisement and My warning. | |
And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind? | |
And certainly the warning came to Firon's people. | |
They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One. | |
Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures? | |
Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other? | |
Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs. | |
Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter. | |
Surely the guilty are in error and distress. | |
On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell. | |
Surely We have created everything according to a measure. | |
And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye. | |
And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind? | |
And everything they have done is in the writings. | |
And everything small and great is written down. | |
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers, | |
