The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split.
If they see a Sign they turn away, saying ´There is no end to this witchcraft!´
They have denied the truth and followed their whims and desires, but everything has its time.
News has come to them which contains a threat:
consummate wisdom — but warnings are profitless.
Turn away from them then. On the Day the Summoner summons them to something unspeakably terrible,
they will emerge from their graves with downcast eyes, like swarming locusts,
necks outstretched, eyes transfixed, rushing headlong to the Summoner. The kuffar will say, ´This is a pitiless day!´
Before them the people of Nuh denied the truth. They denied Our slave, saying, ´He is madman,´ and he was driven away with jeers.
He called upon his Lord: ´I am overwhelmed, so help me!´
So We opened the gates of heaven with torrential water
and made the earth burst forth with gushing springs. And the waters met together in a way which was decreed.
We bore him on a planked and well-caulked ship,
which ran before Our eyes — a reward for him who had been rejected.
We left it as a Sign. But is there any rememberer there?
How terrible were My punishment and warnings!
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there?
´Ad denied the truth. How terrible were My punishment and warnings!
We unleashed a howling wind against them on a day of unremitting horror.
It plucked up men like uprooted stumps.
How terrible were My punishment and warnings!
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there?
Thamud denied the warnings.
They said, ´Are we to follow a human being, one of us? Then we would truly be misguided, quite insane!
Has the Reminder been given to him of all of us? No indeed! He is an impudent liar.´
´They will know tomorrow who the impudent liar is.
We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. Just keep a watchful eye on them and be steadfast.
Inform them that the water is to be shared out between them, each drinking by turn.´
They called on their companion and he set to it and hamstrung her.
How terrible were My punishment and warnings!
We sent a single Blast against them and they were just like a thatcher´s reeds.
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there?
The people of Lut denied the warnings.
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against all of them, except the family of Lut, who We rescued before dawn.
It was a blessing direct from Our presence. That is how We recompense those who give thanks.
He warned them of Our onslaught but they dismissed the warnings.
They even wanted to seduce his guests! So We put out their eyes: ´Taste My punishment and warnings!´
Early morning brought them enduring punishment:
´Taste My punishment and warnings!´
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember But is there any rememberer there?
Warnings came to Pharaoh´s people.
They dismissed every one of Our Signs and so We seized them with the seizing of One who is Almighty, All-Powerful.
Are your kuffar better than those peoples´? Or have you been given exemption in the Books?
Or do they say, ´We are an assembly who will win´?
The assembly will be routed and will turn their backs in flight.
In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter!
The evildoers are indeed misguided and insane
on the Day that they are dragged face-first into the Fire: ´Taste the scorching touch of Saqar!´
We have created all things in due measure.
Our command is only one word, like the blinking of an eye.
We destroyed those of your kind in the past. But is there any rememberer there?
Everything they did is in the Books.
Everything is recorded, big or small.
The people who have taqwa will be amid Gardens and Rivers,
on seats of honour in the presence of an All-Powerful King.