| 1 | The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon). | |
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| 2 | And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: "This is continuous magic." | |
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| 3 | They belied (the Verses of Allah - this Qur'an), and followed their own lusts. And every matter will be settled (according to the kind of deeds: good deeds will take their doers to Paradise, and similarly evil deeds will take their doers to Hell). | |
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| 4 | And indeed there has come to them news (in this Qur'an) wherein there is (enough warning) to check (them from evil), | |
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| 5 | Perfect wisdom (this Qur'an), but (the preaching of) warners benefit them not. | |
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| 6 | So (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withdraw from them. The Day that the caller will call (them) to a terrible thing. | |
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| 7 | They will come forth, with humbled eyes from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread abroad, | |
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| 8 | Hastening towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day." | |
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| 9 | The people of Nuh (Noah) denied (their Messenger) before them. They rejected Our slave, and said: "A madman!" and he was insolently rebuked and threatened. | |
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| 10 | Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!" | |
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| 11 | So We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth. | |
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| 12 | And We caused springs to gush forth from the earth. So the waters (of the heaven and the earth) met for a matter predestined. | |
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| 13 | And We carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails, | |
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| 14 | Floating under Our Eyes: a reward for him who had been rejected! | |
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| 15 | And indeed, We have left this as a sign. Then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)? | |
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| 16 | Then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings? | |
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| 17 | And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition)? | |
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| 18 | 'Ad (people) belied (their Prophet, Hud); then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings? | |
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| 19 | Verily, We sent against them a furious wind of harsh voice on a day of evil omen and continuous calamity. | |
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| 20 | Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms. | |
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| 21 | Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings? | |
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| 22 | And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)? | |
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| 23 | Thamud (people also) belied the warnings. | |
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| 24 | And they said: "A man, alone among us - shall we follow him? Truly then we should be in error and distress (or madness)!" | |
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| 25 | "Is it that the Reminder is sent to him [Prophet Salih عليه السلام] alone from among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar!" | |
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| 26 | Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one! | |
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| 27 | Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them [O Salih عليه السلام], and be patient! | |
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| 28 | And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them, each one's right to drink being established (by turns). | |
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| 29 | But they called their comrade and he took (a sword) and killed (her). | |
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| 30 | Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings? | |
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| 31 | Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder. | |
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| 32 | And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)? | |
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| 33 | The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings. | |
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| 34 | Verily, We sent against them a violent storm of stones (which destroyed them all), except the family of Lut (Lot), them We saved in the last hour of the night, | |
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| 35 | As a Favour from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks (by obeying Us). | |
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| 36 | And he [Lut (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Seizure (punishment), but they did doubt the warnings! | |
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| 37 | And they indeed sought to shame his guest (by asking to commit sodomy with them). So We blinded their eyes, (saying) "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings." | |
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| 38 | And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning. | |
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| 39 | "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings." | |
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| 40 | And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)? | |
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| 41 | And indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron)]. | |
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| 42 | (They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable (Omnipotent). | |
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| 43 | Are your disbelievers (O Quraish!) better than these [nations of Nuh (Noah), Lut (Lot), Salih, and the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who were destroyed)? Or have you an immunity (against Our Torment) in the Divine Scriptures? | |
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| 44 | Or say they: "We are a great multitude, victorious?" | |
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| 45 | Their multitude will be put to flight, and they will show their backs. | |
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| 46 | Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter. | |
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| 47 | Verily the Mujrimun (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals) are in error (in this world) and will burn (in the Hell-fire in the Hereafter). | |
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| 48 | The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them): "Taste you the touch of Hell!" | |
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| 49 | Verily, We have created all things with Qadar (Divine Preordainments of all things before their creation as written in the Book of Decrees Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz). | |
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| 50 | And Our Commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye. | |
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| 51 | And indeed, We have destroyed your likes; then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)? | |
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| 52 | And everything they have done is noted in (their) Records (of deeds). | |
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| 53 | And everything, small and big, is written down (in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz already beforehand i.e. before it befalls, or is done by its doer: الإيمان بالقدر) (See the Qur'an V.57:22 and its footnote). | |
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| 54 | Verily, The Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2), will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise). | |
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| 55 | In a seat of truth (i.e. Paradise), near the Omnipotent King (Allah, the One, the All-Blessed, the Most High, the Owner of Majesty and Honour). | |
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