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54:1  The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder
54:2  And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic
54:3  And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term
54:4  And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention-
54:5  Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail
54:6  So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task
54:7  Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts
54:8  Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day
54:9  Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away
54:10  Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help
54:11  So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pourin
54:12  And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained
54:13  And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nail
54:14  Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied
54:15  And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone wh
54:16  How (great) was then My punishment and My warning
54:17  And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind
54:18  Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning
54:19  Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck
54:20  Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up
54:21  How (great) was then My punishment and My warning
54:22  And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind
54:23  Samood rejected the warning
54:24  So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress
54:25  Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar
54:26  Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one
54:27  Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience
54:28  And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated
54:29  But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her)
54:30  How (great) was then My punishment and My warning
54:31  Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects
54:32  And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind
54:33  The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie
54:34  Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak
54:35  A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks
54:36  And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning
54:37  And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning
54:38  And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning
54:39  So taste My chastisement and My warning
54:40  And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind
54:41  And certainly the warning came to Firon's people
54:42  They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One
54:43  Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures
54:44  Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other
54:45  Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs
54:46  Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter
54:47  Surely the guilty are in error and distress
54:48  On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell
54:49  Surely We have created everything according to a measure
54:50  And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye
54:51  And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind
54:52  And everything they have done is in the writings
54:53  And everything small and great is written down
54:54  Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers
54:55  In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King