54:1 اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
54:2 وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا
وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
54:3 وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءهُمْ
وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
54:4 وَلَقَدْ جَاءهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاء
مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),
54:5 حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ
Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
54:6 فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَى شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
54:7 خُشَّعاً أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
54:8 مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
54:9 كَذَّبَتْ
قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ
Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
54:10 فَدَعَا
رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ
Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
54:11 فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاء بِمَاء مُّنْهَمِرٍ
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
54:12 وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُوناً فَالْتَقَى الْمَاء عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
54:13 وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:
54:14 تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاء لِّمَن كَانَ
كُفِرَ
She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
54:15 وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:16 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ
عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
54:17 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:18 كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
54:19 إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
رِيحاً صَرْصَراً فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
54:20 تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ
نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
54:21 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
54:22 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ
لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:23 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
54:24 فَقَالُوا أَبَشَراً
مِّنَّا وَاحِداً نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذاً لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!
54:25 أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ
مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
54:26 سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ
الْأَشِرُ
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
54:27 إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ
For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
54:28 وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاء قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
54:29 فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ
فَتَعَاطَى فَعَقَرَ
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
54:30 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
54:31 إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
54:32 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ
لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:33 كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ
The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
54:34 إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا
عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِباً إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ
We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
54:35 نِعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا
كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ
As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
54:36 وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا
بِالنُّذُرِ
And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
54:37 وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا
عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
54:38 وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ
Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
54:39 فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
54:40 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:41 وَلَقَدْ جَاء آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ
To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
54:42 كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ
أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
54:43 أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُوْلَئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءةٌ
فِي الزُّبُرِ
Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
54:44 أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
54:45 سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ
وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ
Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
54:46 بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
54:47 إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
54:48 يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ
عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ
The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
54:49 إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ
Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
54:50 وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ
And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.
54:51 وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا
أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:52 وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ
فِي الزُّبُرِ
All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
54:53 وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُسْتَطَرٌ
Every matter, small and great, is on record.
54:54 إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
54:55 فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.