Wonder you then at this announcement
And do you laugh and not weep
While you sport
So bow down in prostration before Allah and serve (Him)
The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent asunder
And if they see a sign, they turn away and say: Strong enchantment
And they deny and follow their low desires; and every affair is settled
And certainly narratives have come to them, which should deter -
Consummate wisdom -- but warnings avail not
So turn away from them. On the day when the Inviter invites them to a hard task -
Their eyes cast down, they will go forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts
Hastening to the Inviter. The disbelievers will say: This is a hard day
Before them the people of Noah rejected -- they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away
So he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, so do Thou help
Then We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring down
And 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
Floating on, before Our eyes -- a reward for him who was denied
And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there any that will mind
How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning
And certainly We have made the Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind
‘Ad denied, so how terrible was My chastisement and My warning
Surely We sent on them a furious wind in a day of bitter ill-luck
Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up
How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning
And certainly We have made the Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind
Thamud rejected the warning
To-morrow they will know who is the liar, the insolent one
Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and have patience
And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be attended
But they called their companion, so he took (a sword) and hamstrung (her)
How (terrible) was then My chastisement 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 Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind
The people of Lot treated the warning as a lie
Surely We sent upon them a stone-storm, except Lot’s followers; We saved them a little before daybreak -
A favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks
And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they disputed the warning
And certainly they endeavoured 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 Qur’an easy to remember, but is there any one who will mind
And certainly the warning came to Pharaoh’s people
They rejected all Our signs, so We overtook them with the seizing of the Mighty, the Powerful
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny
Are your disbelievers better than these, or have you an immunity in the scriptures
Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour is most grievous and bitter
Surely the guilty are in error and distress
On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces: Taste the touch of hell
Surely We have created everything according to a measure
And Our command is but once, as the twinkling of an eye
And certainly We destroyed your fellows, but is there any one who will mind
And everything they do is in the writings
And everything small and great is written down
Surely the dutiful will be among Gardens and rivers