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54:1  The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon is rent asunder
54:2  And if they see a Sign, they turn away and say, `An oft-repeated sorcery.
54:3  They have rejected the truth and follow their own fancies. But for everything there is an appointed time
54:4  And there has already come to them accounts of events containing warnings
54:5  Consummate wisdom; but the warnings profit them not
54:6  Therefore, turn thou away from them and await the day when the Summoner will summon them to a disagreeable thing
54:7  While their eyes will be cast down and they will come forth from their graves as though they were locust scattered about
54:8  Hastening towards the Summoner. The disbelievers will say, `This is a hard day.
54:9  The people of Noah rejected the truth before them; they called Our servant a liar and said, `He is a madman, afflicted by our idols.
54:10  So he prayed to his Lord: `I am overcome, so come thou to my help !
54:11  Thereupon WE opened the gates of heaven with water which fell in torrents
54:12  And WE caused the earth to burst forth with springs, so the two waters met for a purpose that was decreed
54:13  And WE carried him upon that which was made of planks and nails
54:14  It floated on under Our eyes; a reward for him who had been denied
54:15  And WE left it as a Sign for the succeeding generations. But is there anyone who would take heed
54:16  How terrible, then, was MY punishment and how true MY warning
54:17  And indeed, WE have made the Qur'an easy to remember. Is there anyone who would take heed
54:18  The tribe of Ad rejected the truth. How terrible, then, was MY punishment and how true MY warning
54:19  WE sent against them a furious wind on a day of unending ill-luck
54:20  Tearing people away as though they were the hollow trunks of uprooted palm-trees
54:21  How terrible, then, was MY punishment and how true MY warning
54:22  And indeed, WE have made the Qur'an easy to remember. But is there anyone who would take heed
54:23  The tribe of Thamud also rejected the Warners
54:24  And they said, `What ! shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then, indeed, we would be in manifest error, and suffering from madness
54:25  `Has the Reminder been revealed to him alone of all of us? Nay, he is an impudent liar.
54:26  Tomorrow will they know who is the impudent liar
54:27  We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. So watch them, O Salih, and have patience
54:28  `And tell them that the water is shared between her and them, every drinking time shall be attended.
54:29  But they called their comrade and he seized a sword and hamstrung her
54:30  How terrible, then, was MY punishment and how true MY warning
54:31  WE sent against them a single blast, and they became like the dry stubble, whittled down by a maker of hedges
54:32  And, indeed, WE have made the Qur'an easy to remember. But is there anyone who will take heed
54:33  Lot's people also rejected the Warners
54:34  WE sent a storm of stones upon them except the family of Lot, whom WE delivered by early dawn
54:35  As a favour from US. Thus do WE reward him who is grateful
54:36  And he, indeed, had warned them of Our severe punishment, but they doubted the warning
54:37  And they deceitfully sought to turn him away from his guests. So WE blinded their eyes, and said, `Taste ye now MY punishment and MY warning.
54:38  And there came upon them early in the morning a lasting punishment
54:39  `Now taste ye MY punishment and MY warning.
54:40  And, indeed, WE have made the Qur'an easy to remember. But is there anyone who will take heed
54:41  And, surely, to the people of Pharaoh also came Warners
54:42  They rejected all Our Signs. So WE seized them like the seizing of the Mighty, the Powerful
54:43  Are your disbelievers better than those? Or, have you an immunity in the Scriptures
54:44  Do they say, `We are a victorious host?
54:45  The hosts shall soon be routed and shall turn their backs in flight
54:46  Aye, the Hour is their promised time; and the Hour will be most calamitous for them and most bitter
54:47  Surely, the guilty are in manifest error and suffer from madness
54:48  On the day when they will be dragged into the Fire on their faces, it will be said to them, `Taste ye the touch of Hell.
54:49  Verily, WE have created everything in due measure
54:50  And Our command is carried out by only one Word as the twinkling of an eye
54:51  And, indeed, WE have destroyed people like you before. But is there anyone who will take heed
54:52  And everything they have done is recorded in the Books
54:53  And every matter, small and great, is written down
54:54  Verily, the righteous will be in the midst of Gardens and streams
54:55  In an internal and honoured abode in the presence of the Omnipotent King