The hour advances, the moon splitting asunder.
But when [the unbelievers] see a sign, they turn away and claim, “[This is nothing but] recurring illusion.”
They reject [the warning] and follow their own inclinations, but every matter is already settled [in cosmic time].
There has already come to (the unbelievers) information with ample warning…
…and profound wisdom, but (such advice) has no effect.
Therefore, turn away from them. [There will be] a day when the caller will summon to a terrible affair.
They will come forth, with humbled eyes, from graves. [They will be] like scattered locusts.
[They will] hurry toward the caller. “This day is difficult,” the unbelievers will say.
Prior to them, the people of Noah were in rejection. They rejected Our servant and said, “Here is one possessed!” He was driven away.
Then he called on his Lord, “I am one overcome. Help!”
We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
We caused the earth to gush forth with springs so that the waters met for a decreed measure.
But We carried him on [a vessel of] planks and caulking.
[The ark] floated under Our eyes. [It was] a reward for one who had been rejected.
We certainly have left it as a sign. Is there any who will accept warning?
How were My penalty and My warning?
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to remember. Is there any who will accept warning?
The Ad were in rejection. How was My penalty and My warning?
Indeed, We sent a furious wind against them on a day of ongoing disaster.
It plucked people as if they were trunks of uprooted palm trees.
How were My penalty and My warning?
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to remember. Is there anyone who will accept warning?
The Thamud rejected the warnings.
They said, “Is a single person from among us to be followed? If we did that, then we would certainly be misguided and stupid!
Has the message been sent to him, of all people among us? No, he is an insolent liar.”
Tomorrow they will know who is a liar and an insolent person.
Indeed, We will send the female camel as a trial for them. Watch them and be patient.
Tell them that the water is to be shared among them. Each will have a turn to drink.
But they called to their companion. He took a sword and killed [the camel when it was her turn to drink].
How were My penalty and My warning?
Indeed, We sent a single, mighty blast against them. They became like dry sticks for fence building.
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to remember. Is there anyone who will accept warning?
The people of Lot rejected warning.
We sent against them a storm of stones. Lot’s family was exempt. We had saved them by dawn.
[It was] a grace from Us. Thus do We reward the grateful.
Certainly, (Lot) warned them of Our punishment, but they argued about the warning.
They even demanded his guests from him, so We blinded their eyes. “Taste My wrath and My warning!”
Early in the morning, an eternal punishment seized them.
“Taste My wrath and My warning!”
We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to remember. Is there anyone who will accept warning?
Warnings certainly came to the people of Pharaoh.
They rejected all Our signs, so We seized them with a penalty from the Victorious, the Prevailing Force.
Are you unbelievers better than they? Or do you have immunity in the Scriptures?
Or do they say, “United, we can defend ourselves”?
Their crowd will soon turn their backs.
The hour [of judgment] is the time promised them. That hour will be most dreadful and most bitter.
Truly, those lost in sin are the ones deluded and confused.
One day, they will be dragged through the fire, face down. “Taste the touch of Hell!”
We have created everything according to plan.
Our command is only one [action], like the twinkling of an eye.
[In the past] We destroyed mobs like you [unbelievers], so are there any willing to take heed?
All that they do is recorded in books.
Every matter, small or great, is a matter of record.
As for the righteous, they will be in the midst of gardens and rivers.
[They will be] in an assembly for truth, in the presence of a Sovereign King.