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54:1  The Hour neared and the moon was split.
54:2  And if they see a sign, they turn aside and say: Incessant sorcery!
54:3  And they denied and followed their own desires. And every affair is that which is settled.
54:4  And, certainly, the tidings drew near them wherein was that which is to deter
54:5  —namely, that which is far reaching wisdom— yet warnings avail not.
54:6  So turn thou away from them• on a Day when One Who Calls will call to a horrible thing.
54:7  Their sight will be that which is humbled and they will go forth from the tombs as if they had been dispersed locusts,
54:8  ones who run forward with their eyes fixed in horror towards The One Who Calls. The ones who are ungrateful will say: This is a difficult Day!
54:9  The folk of Noah denied before them. They denied Our servant and said: One who is possessed! And he was deterred.
54:10  So he called to his Lord saying: I am one who is vanquished, so Thou help me.
54:11  So We opened the doors of heaven with torrential water.
54:12  And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs so the waters were to meet one another from a command that was measured.
54:13  And We carried him on a vessel of planks and caulked,
54:14  running under Our eyes, a recompense for Noah who had been disbelieved.
54:15  And, certainly, We left this as a sign. Then, is there one who recalls?
54:16  So how had been My punishment and My warning?
54:17  And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls?
54:18  Ad denied. So how had been My punishment and My warning?
54:19  Truly, We sent a raging wind against them on a day of continuous misfortune,
54:20  tearing out humanity as if they had been uprooted palm trees, uprooted.
54:21  So how had been My punishment and My warning?
54:22  And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls?
54:23  Thamud denied the warning
54:24  for they said: Follow we a lone mortal from among us? Truly, we would be going astray and insane.
54:25  Is it that the Remembrance was cast down to Salih from among us? Nay! He is a rash liar!
54:26  They will know tomorrow who the rash liar is!
54:27  Truly, We are ones who sent the she-camel as a test for them. So thou be on the watch for them and maintain patience.
54:28  And tell them that the division of the water is between them. Every drink was that which is divided in turn.
54:29  But they cried out to their companion, and he took her in hand and crippled her.
54:30  So how had been My punishment and My warning?
54:31  Truly, We sent against them one Cry and they had been like straw for the one who is a builder of animal enclosures.
54:32  And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls?
54:33  The folk of Lot denied the warning.
54:34  Truly, We sent against them a sand storm, but the family of Lot. We delivered them at the breaking of day
54:35  as a divine blessing from Us. Thus, We gave recompense to him who gave thanks.
54:36  And, certainly, he warned them of Our attack but they quarreled over the warning.
54:37  And, certainly, they solicited his guests, so We obliterated their eyes. Then, experience My punishment and My warning.
54:38  And, certainly, it came in the morning, early morning at dawn, a settled punishment.
54:39  Then, experience My punishment and My warning.
54:40  And, certainly, We made the Quran easy as a Remembrance. Then, is there one who recalls?
54:41  And, certainly, drew near the warning to the people of Pharaoh.
54:42  They denied Our signs, all of them. So We took them with a taking, One Who is Almighty, Omnipotent.
54:43  Are ones who are ungrateful better than those? Or have you an immunity in the ancient scrolls?
54:44  Or say they: We are aided altogether.
54:45  Their multitude will be put to flight and they will turn their backs.
54:46  Nay! The Hour is what is promised them and the Hour will be more calamitous and more distasteful.
54:47  Truly, ones who sin are going astray and insane.
54:48  On a Day they will be dragged into the fire on their faces: Experience the touch of Saqar!
54:49  Truly, We created all things in measure
54:50  and Our command is not but one as the twinkling of the eye.
54:51  And, certainly, We caused to perish their partisans. Is there, then, one who recalls?
54:52  And everything they accomplished is in the ancient scrolls.
54:53  And every small and great thing is that which is written.
54:54  Truly, the ones who are Godfearing will be in Gardens and rivers,
54:55  in positions of sincerity near an Omnipotent King.