اقتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَۃُ وَانشَقَّ القَمَرُ

Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

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

وَاِن یَرَواْ ءَایَۃ یُعرِضُواْ وَیَقُولُواْ سِحرٞ مُّستَمِرّٞ

Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic

وَکَذَّبُواْ وَاتَّبَعُوٓاْ اَهوَآءَهُم وَکُلُّ اَمر مُّستَقِرّٞ

Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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

وَلَقَد جَآءَهُم مِّنَ الاَنبَآءِ مَا فِیهِ مُزدَجَرٌ

Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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

حِکمَۃُ بَلِغَۃٞ فَمَا تُغنِ النُّذُرُ

Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]

فَتَوَلَّ عَنهُم یَومَ یَدعُ الدَّاعِ اِلَی شَیء نُّکُرٍ

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shayin nukurin

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

خُشَّعًا اَبصَرُهُم یَخرُجُونَ مِنَ الاَجدَاثِ کَاَنَّهُم جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ

KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina alajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun

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

مُّهطِعِینَ اِلَی الدَّاعِ یَقُولُ الکَفِرُونَ هَذَا یَومٌ عَسِرٞ

MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

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

کَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نُوح فَکَذَّبُواْ عَبدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجنُونٞ وَازدُجِرَ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُٓ اَنِّی مَغلُوبٞ فَانتَصِر

FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir

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

فَفَتَحنَآ اَبوَبَ السَّمَآءِ بِمَآء مُّنهَمِر

Fafatahna abwaba alssamai bimain munhamirin

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

وَفَجَّرنَا الاَرضَ عُیُونا فَالتَقَی المَآءُ عَلَیٓ اَمر قَد قُدِرَ

Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira

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

وَحَمَلنَهُ عَلَی ذَاتِ اَلوَح وَدُسُر

Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin

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

تَجرِی بِاَعیُنِنَا جَزَآء لِّمَن کَانَ کُفِرَ

Tajree biaAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira

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

وَلَقَد تَّرَکنَهَآ ءَایَۃ فَهَل مِن مُّدَّکِر

Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin

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

فَکَیفَ کَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

وَلَقَد یَسَّرنَا القُرءَانَ لِلذِّکرِ فَهَل مِن مُّدَّکِر

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

کَذَّبَت عَادٞ فَکَیفَ کَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning

اِنَّآ اَرسَلنَا عَلَیهِم رِیحا صَرصَرا فِی یَومِ نَحس مُّستَمِرّ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

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

تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ کَاَنَّهُم اَعجَازُ نَخل مُّنقَعِر

TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

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

فَکَیفَ کَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

وَلَقَد یَسَّرنَا القُرءَانَ لِلذِّکرِ فَهَل مِن مُّدَّکِر

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

کَذَّبَت ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ

Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

Thamud denied the warning

فَقَالُوٓاْ اَبَشَرا مِّنَّا وَحِدا نَّتَّبِعُهُٓ اِنَّآ اِذا لَّفِی ضَلَل وَسُعُرٍ

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

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

اَءُلقِیَ الذِّکرُ عَلَیهِ مِن بَینِنَا بَل هُوَ کَذَّابٌ اَشِرٞ

Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

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

سَیَعلَمُونَ غَدا مَّنِ الکَذَّابُ الاَشِرُ

SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu alashiru

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

اِنَّا مُرسِلُواْ النَّاقَۃِ فِتنَۃ لَّهُم فَارتَقِبهُم وَاصطَبِر

Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

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

وَنَبِّئهُم اَنَّ المَآءَ قِسمَۃُ بَینَهُم کُلُّ شِرب مُّحتَضَرٞ

Wanabbihum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

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

فَنَادَواْ صَاحِبَهُم فَتَعَاطَی فَعَقَرَ

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

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

فَکَیفَ کَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ

Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

اِنَّآ اَرسَلنَا عَلَیهِم صَیحَۃ وَحِدَۃ فَکَانُواْ کَهَشِیمِ المُحتَظِرِ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

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

وَلَقَد یَسَّرنَا القُرءَانَ لِلذِّکرِ فَهَل مِن مُّدَّکِر

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

کَذَّبَت قَومُ لُوطِ بِالنُّذُرِ

Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

The people of Lot denied the warning

اِنَّآ اَرسَلنَا عَلَیهِم حَاصِبًا اِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوط نَّجَّینَهُم بِسَحَر

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

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

نِّعمَۃ مِّن عِندِنَا کَذَلِکَ نَجزِی مَن شَکَرَ

NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

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

وَلَقَد اَنذَرَهُم بَطشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَواْ بِالنُّذُرِ

Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

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

وَلَقَد رَوَدُوهُ عَن ضَیفِهِ فَطَمَسنَآ اَعیُنَهُم فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

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

وَلَقَد صَبَّحَهُم بُکرَۃً عَذَابٞ مُّستَقِرّٞ

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ

Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

So taste My punishment and warning

وَلَقَد یَسَّرنَا القُرءَانَ لِلذِّکرِ فَهَل مِن مُّدَّکِر

Walaqad yassarna alqurana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

وَلَقَد جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرعَونَ النُّذُرُ

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning

کَذَّبُواْ بَِٔایَتِنَا کُلِّهَا فَاَخَذنَهُم اَخذَ عَزِیز مُّقتَدِرٍ

Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

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

اَکُفَّارُکُم خَیرٞ مِّن اُوْلَٓئِکُم اَم لَکُم بَرَآءَۃٞ فِی الزُّبُرِ

Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

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

اَم یَقُولُونَ نَحنُ جَمِیعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

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

سَیُهزَمُ الجَمعُ وَیُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

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

بَلِ السَّاعَۃُ مَوعِدُهُم وَالسَّاعَۃُ اَدهَی وَاَمَرُّ

Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

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

اِنَّ المُجرِمِینَ فِی ضَلَل وَسُعُر

Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin

Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness

یَومَ یُسحَبُونَ فِی النَّارِ عَلَی وُجُوهِهِم ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ

Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara

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

اِنَّا کُلَّ شَیءٍ خَلَقنَهُ بِقَدَر

Inna kulla shayin khalaqnahu biqadarin

Indeed, all things We created with predestination

وَمَآ اَمرُنَآ اِلَّا وَحِدَۃٞ کَلَمحِ بِالبَصَرِ

Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari

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

وَلَقَد اَهلَکنَآ اَشیَاعَکُم فَهَل مِن مُّدَّکِر

Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin

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

وَکُلُّ شَیء فَعَلُوهُ فِی الزُّبُرِ

Wakullu shayin faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi

And everything they did is in written records

وَکُلُّ صَغِیر وَکَبِیر مُّستَطَرٌ

Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun

And every small and great [thing] is inscribed

اِنَّ المُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّت وَنَهَر

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin

Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers

فِی مَقعَدِ صِدقٍ عِندَ مَلِیک مُّقتَدِرِ

Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin

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