— 55 verses
The Last Hour draws near and the moon is split asunder
Yet, when they see a sign they [who deny the truth] turn their backs and say, "The same old sorcery!"
Yet, their own whimsevery matter when they see a sign they [who has its appointed tim
there deny the truth] turn their backs has come to them many a tiding and say, The same old sorcery! wherein there are warnings
profound in wisdom, but all warnings have been of no avail
so ignore them. On the Day when the Crier will call out about a horrible event
with downcast eyes they shall come out of their graves, as if they were locusts milling about
hastening towards the Crier. Those who deny the truth will cry, This is such a hard day
The people of Noah denied [the truth] before them. They belied Our messenger saying, He is mad! He was rebuffed
so he cried out to his Lord, saying, I am overcome, so help me
So We opened the gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents
and We caused the earth to burst with gushing springs: so that the waters met for a purpose which had been decreed
We bore him on an [ark] which, made of planks and nails
floated on under Our eyes: a vindication of him who had been rejected
We have left this as a sign: but will anyone take heed
How terrible then was My punishment and My warning
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran. Is there anyone who would receive admonition
The people of Ad too rejected the truth. How terrible was My punishment and My warning
We sent a raging wind against them on a day of continuous calamity
It swept people away as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees
How [dreadful] was My punishment and My warning
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: is there anyone who would receive admonition
The tribe of Thamud also rejected Our warnings
they said, Are we to follow a man from amongst ourselves? We would surely then fall into error and madness
Has the [Divine] message been revealed to him alone of all of us? No, he is a boastful liar
[We said to him] Tomorrow they shall know who is the boastful liar
for We are [going to] send the she-camel as a trial for them, so watch them and be patient
And tell them that the water [of the well] is to be divided between them, and that each one should drink in turn
But they called their companion who took a sword and hamstrung her
How [terrible] were My punishment and My warnings
Then We sent a single blast against them and they became like dry stubble which has been trampled upon
Indeed, We have made the Quran easy to learn lessons from. Is there anyone who would receive admonition
The people of Lot rejected Our warnings
We sent a sandstorm against them which destroyed them all, except the family of Lot, whom We saved at the break of dawn
as a blessing from Us: this is how We reward the thankful
Lot warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed the warning
they even wanted to seduce his guestsbut We blinded them, and said, Taste My punishment now that you have scorned My warnings
and early in the morning the punishment decreed overtook the
Taste My punishment now that you have scorned My warnings
We have made it easy indeed to learn lessons from the Quran. Is there anyone who would receive admonition
Surely warners came to the people of Pharaoh
They, too, rejected all Our signs. So We seized them with the seizure of One Mighty, Omnipotent
Are your people who deny the truth better than those? Or have you been given immunity in the Scriptures
Or do they say, We are a united group, and we are bound to prevail
The hosts shall soon be routed and they shall be put to flight
Indeed, the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Last Hour will be the most severe, and the most bitter
The evildoers are indeed sunk in error and foll
on the Day when they are dragged into the fire on their faces, it will be said to them, Now feel the touch of Hell
We have created everything in due measure
We command but once: Our will is done in the twinkling of an eye
We have indeed destroyed many a people like you. Is there anyone who would receive admonition
All their deeds are recorded in their books
every action, small or great, is noted down
The God-conscious will find themselves in gardens and rivers
in the seat of truth with an all-powerful sovereign