Al-Qamar

¹The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].[1577]

²And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."[1578]

³And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

⁴And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

⁵Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

⁶So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller[1579] calls to something forbidding,

⁷Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

⁸Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

⁹The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

¹⁰So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

¹¹Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

¹²And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

¹³And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

¹⁴Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

¹⁵And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

¹⁶And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.[1580]

¹⁷And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

¹⁸ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

¹⁹Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

²⁰Extracting the people[1581] as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

²¹And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

²²And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

²³Thamūd denied the warning.

²⁴And said, "Is it one human being[1582] among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

²⁵Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

²⁶They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

²⁷Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.[1583]

²⁸And inform them that the water is shared between them,[1584] each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

²⁹But they called their companion,[1585] and he dared[1586] and hamstrung [her].

³⁰And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

³¹Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

³²And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

³³The people of Lot denied the warning.

³⁴Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

³⁵As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

³⁶And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

³⁷And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

³⁸And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

³⁹So taste My punishment and warning.

⁴⁰And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

⁴¹And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

⁴²They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

⁴³Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?

⁴⁴Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

⁴⁵[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].[1587]

⁴⁶But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

⁴⁷Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.[1588].

⁴⁸The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."[1589]

⁴⁹Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

⁵⁰And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

⁵¹And We have already destroyed your kinds,[1590] so is there any who will remember?

⁵²And everything they did is in written records.

⁵³And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

⁵⁴Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

⁵⁵In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.[1591]