The Hour has drawn near and the moon is split
If they see a sign, they turn away, and say, ‘An incessant magic!’
They denied, and followed their own desires, and every matter has a setting [appropriate to it]
There have already come to them reports containing admonishment
[and representing] far-reaching wisdom; but warnings are of no avail
So turn away from them! The day when the Caller calls to a dire thing
with a humbled look [in their eyes], they will emerge from the graves as if they were scattered locusts
scrambling toward the summoner. The faithless will say, ‘This is a hard day!’
The people of Noah impugned before them. So they impugned Our servant and said, ‘A crazy man,’ and he was reviled
Thereat he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘I have been overcome, so help [me].’
Then We opened the gates of the sky with pouring waters
and We made the earth burst forth with springs, and the waters met for a preordained purpose
We bore him on a vessel made of planks and nails
which sailed [over the flood waters] in Our sight, as a retribution for him who was repudiated
Certainly We have left it as a sign; so is there anyone who will be admonished
So how were My punishment and My warnings
Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished
[The people of] ‘a€d impugned [their apostle]. So how were My punishment and My warnings
Indeed We unleashed upon them an icy gale on an incessantly ill-fated day
knocking down people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees
So how were My punishment and My warnings?
Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished
[The people of] Thamud denied the warnings
and they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’
‘Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? Rather he is a self-conceited liar.’
‘Tomorrow they will know who is a self-conceited liar
We are sending the She-camel as a trial for them; so watch them and be steadfast
Inform them that the water is to be dispensed between them; every drinking will be attended.’
But they called their companion, and he took [a knife] and hamstrung [her]
So how were My punishment and My warnings?
We sent against them a single Cry, and they became like the dry sticks of a corral builder
Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished
And the people of Lot denied the warnings
We unleashed a rain of stones upon them, excepting the family of Lot, whom We delivered at dawn
as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks
He had certainly warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed the warnings
Certainly they even solicited of him his guests, whereat We blotted out their eyes, [saying,] ‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’
Certainly early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment
‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’
Certainly We have made the Qur’an simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished
Certainly the warnings came to Pharaoh’s clan
who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent
Are your faithless better than those, or have you [been granted] some immunity in the scriptures
Do they say, ‘We are a confederate league’
The league will be routed and turn its back [to flee]
Rather the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter
Indeed the guilty are in error and madness
The day when they are dragged into the Fire on their faces, [it will be said to them,] ‘Taste the touch of hell!’
Indeed We have created everything in a measure
and Our command is but a single [word], like the twinkling of an eye
Certainly We have destroyed your likes. So is there anyone who will be admonished
Everything they have done is in the books
and everything big and small, is committed to writing
Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and streams
in the abode of truthfulness with an omnipotent King