Meccan, 55 verses
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
The Hour is getting close and the moon splits.
And if they see a miracle they turn away and say: “A continuous magic.”
And they denied, and followed their desires. And all matters have a settlement.
And the news (of the earlier ones) have certainly come to them, in which there is a deterrence,
a perfect wisdom, but warnings are of no use.
So stay away from them, a day (comes when) the caller calls them to a nasty thing.
With their eyes looking down (in humiliation), they come out of their graves as if they were spreading locusts.
Rushing toward the caller, the disbelievers say: “This is a difficult day.”
People of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant (Noah) and they said: “A madman” and he was cast out.
So he called on his Lord: “I am defeated, so help.”
So We opened the gates of the sky with downpour of water.
And We gushed out springs from the earth. The waters joined for a matter that was destined (the flood).
And We carried him on (the Ark) having timbers and nails.
It sailed under Our eyes, a reward for him who was rejected (Noah).
And We have certainly left it as a sign, so does anyone take notice?
So how were My punishment and My warnings?
And We have certainly made the Quran easy to understand, so does anyone take notice?
Aad (also) denied, so how were My punishment and My warnings?
Indeed We sent a continuous ice-cold wind upon them on a miserable day,
knocking the people over as if they were uprooted trunks of a date palm.
So how were My punishment and My warnings?
And We have certainly made the Quran easy to understand, so does anyone take notice?
Thamud (also) denied the warnings.
And they said: “Should we follow him, a single human being among us? Then indeed we are in error and madness.
Has the reminder only been given to him among us? No, he is a rude liar.”
(It was said:) “Tomorrow they are going to know who the rude liar is,
We are sending the female camel as a test for them, so watch them and be patient
and inform them that the water is shared between them, and each drinking will be attended (by everyone).”
But they called their companion, and he took (a knife) and killed (her).
So how were My punishment and My warnings?
Indeed We sent a single awful blast upon them and they became like dry fragments of plants of a barn builder.
And We have certainly made the Quran easy to understand, so does anyone take notice?
People of Lot (also) denied the warnings.
Indeed We sent a sandstorm upon them, except Lot’s family whom We saved them by dawn,
a favor from Us. That is how We reward anyone who thanks.
And he has certainly warned them of Our assault, but they doubted the warnings.
And they have certainly demanded his guests from him, so We blinded their eyes, so taste My punishment and My warnings.
And certainly a lasting punishment took them by early morning.
So taste My punishment and My warnings.
And We have certainly made the Quran easy to understand, so does anyone take notice?
And the warners had certainly come to Pharaoh’s people.
They denied all Our signs, so We took them (into punishment), a powerful and awesome taking.
Are your disbelievers better than them, or is there immunity for you in the scriptures?
Or do they say: “We are united and victorious”?
They are all going to be defeated and turn their backs (running away).
No, the Hour is their appointment time, and the Hour is more awful and bitterer (than this world’s punishment).
Indeed the guilty ones are in error and madness.
A day when they are dragged into the fire on their faces (they are told:) “Taste the touch of hell.”
Indeed We created everything in correct proportion.
And Our command is only once, like a blink of an eye.
And We have certainly destroyed your kinds, so does anyone take notice?
And everything they did is in the books (of records),
and everything small or big is written.
And indeed those who are cautious (of God) will be in gardens and rivers,
in a seat of truth, with a mighty ruler.