The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].

Iqtarabati assaAAatu wanshaqqaalqamar

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoowayaqooloo sihrun mustamirr

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

Wakaththaboo wattabaAAoo ahwaahumwakullu amrin mustaqirr

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i mafeehi muzdajar

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

Hikmatun balighatun famatughnee annuthur

So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu addaAAiila shay-in nukur

Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoonamina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashir

Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

MuhtiAAeena ila addaAAiyaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasir

The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinfakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun wazdujir

So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun fantasir

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

Fafatahna abwaba assama-ibima-in munhamir

And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonanfaltaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudir

And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

Wahamalnahu AAala thatialwahin wadusur

Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaanliman kana kufir

And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad taraknaha ayatanfahal min muddakir

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kanaAAathabee wanuthur

Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehansarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirr

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

Thamūd denied the warning.

Kaththabat thamoodu binnuthur

And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidannattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalinwasuAAur

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

Aolqiya aththikru AAalayhimin baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashir

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabual-ashir

Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.

Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatunbaynahum kullu shirbin muhtadar

But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAatafaAAaqar

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthur

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.

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatanwahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathir

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

The people of Lot denied the warning.

Kaththabat qawmu lootin binnuthur

Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasibanilla ala lootin najjaynahum bisahar

As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalikanajzee man shakar

And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

Walaqad antharahum batshatanafatamaraw binnuthur

And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihifatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabeewanuthur

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr

So taste My punishment and warning.

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthur

And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liththikrifahal min muddakir

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna annuthur

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

Kaththaboo bi-ayatinakulliha faakhathnahum akhthaAAazeezin muqtadir

Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?

Akuffarukum khayrun min ola-ikumam lakum baraatun fee azzubur

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasir

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona addubur

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness..

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalinwasuAAur

The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

Yawma yushaboona fee annariAAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqar

Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahubiqadar

And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar

And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakumfahal min muddakir

And everything they did is in written records.

Wakullu shay-in faAAaloohu fee azzubur

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatar

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatinwanahar

In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.

Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekinmuqtadir