{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ}
(1) The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].[1577]
{وَإِنْ يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ}
(2) And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."[1578]
{وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُسْتَقِرٌّ}
(3) And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
{وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ}
(4) And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.
{حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ}
(5) Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
{فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُكُرٍ}
(6) So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller[1579] calls to something forbidding,
{خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُنْتَشِرٌ}
(7) Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
{مُهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ}
(8) Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
{۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ}
(9) The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
{فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ}
(10) So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
{فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ}
(11) Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
{وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ}
(12) And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
{وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ}
(13) And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
{تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِمَنْ كَانَ كُفِرَ}
(14) Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
{وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ}
(15) And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
{وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ}
(17) And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
{كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ}
(18) ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
{إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُسْتَمِرٍّ}
(19) Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
{تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ}
(20) Extracting the people[1581] as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
{وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ}
(22) And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
{فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِنَّا وَاحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ}
(24) And said, "Is it one human being[1582] among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
{أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ}
(25) Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
{سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ}
(26) They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
{إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ}
(27) Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.[1583]
{وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُحْتَضَرٌ}
(28) And inform them that the water is shared between them,[1584] each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
{فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ}
(29) But they called their companion,[1585] and he dared[1586] and hamstrung [her].
{إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ}
(31) Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
{وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ}
(32) And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
{إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ}
(34) Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
{نِعْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَنْ شَكَرَ}
(35) As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
{وَلَقَدْ أَنْذَرَهُمْ بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ}
(36) And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
{وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ}
(37) And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
{وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُسْتَقِرٌّ}
(38) And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
{وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ}
(40) And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
{وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ}
(41) And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
{كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ}
(42) They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
{أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ}
(43) Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
{أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ}
(44) Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
{سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ}
(45) [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].[1587]
{بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ}
(46) But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
{إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ}
(47) Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.[1588].
{يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ}
(48) The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."[1589]
{وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ}
(50) And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
{وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ}
(51) And We have already destroyed your kinds,[1590] so is there any who will remember?
{إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ}
(54) Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
{فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيكٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ}
(55) In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.[1591]