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54:1  THE HOUR is drawing near, and the moon is cleft in two
54:2  Yet, when they behold a sign, the unbelievers turn their backs and say: ‘Sorcery unceasing!‘
54:3  They deny the truth, and follow their own fancies. But in the end all issues shall be laid to rest
54:4  Cautionary tales, profound in wisdom, have been narrated to them
54:5  but warnings are unavailing
54:6  Let them be. The day the Crier summons them to the dread account
54:7  they shall come out from their graves with downcast eyes, and rush towards him like swarming locusts
54:8  The unbelievers will say: ‘This is indeed a doleful day!‘
54:9  Before them, the people of Noah disbelieved. They disbelieved Our servant, and called him madman. Rejected and contemned
54:10  he cried out to his Lord, saying: ‘Help me, I am overcome!‘
54:11  We opened the gates of heaven with pouring rai
54:12  and caused the earth to burst with gushing springs, so that the waters met for a predestined end
54:13  We carried him in a vessel built with planks and nails
54:14  which drifted on under Our eyes: a recompense for him who had been disbelieved
54:15  This We have left as a sign: but is there any that will remember
54:16  How grievous was My scourge, and warning
54:17  We have made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember
54:18  Ād, too, did not believe. How grievous was My scourge, and warning
54:19  On a day of unremitting woe, We let loose on them a howling win
54:20  which snapped people off like trunks of uprooted palm trees
54:21  How grievous was My scourge, and warning
54:22  We made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember
54:23  Thamūd, too, disbelieved the warnings
54:24  They said: ‘Are we to follow a mortal, alone among us? That would surely be error and madness.
54:25  Did he alone among us receive the Admonition? He is indeed an impudent liar.‘
54:26  Tomorrow they shall learn who is the impudent liar
54:27  We are sending the she-camel to test them. Observe them closely and have patience
54:28  Tell them they must share their drink with her, and that for every draught they must attend in person.‘
54:29  They called their friend, who took a knife and hamstrung her
54:30  How grievous was My scourge, and warning
54:31  A single cry was heard, and they became like the dry twigs of the sheep-fold builder
54:32  We have made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember
54:33  The people of Lot disbelieved the warnings
54:34  We let loose on them a stone-charged whirlwind: only the house of Lot at dawn did We deliver
54:35  through Our mercy. Thus do We reward the thankful
54:36  He had warned them of Our onslaught, but they doubted the warnings.
54:37  They demanded his guests of him; so We put out their eyes: ‘Taste My punishment, now that you have scorned My warning.‘
54:38  And at daybreak a long-lasting scourge smote them
54:39  Taste My punishment, now that you have scorned My warning!‘
54:40  We have made the Koran easy to remember: but is there any that will remember
54:41  To Pharaoh‘s people came the warnings
54:42  But they disbelieved all Our signs, and We smote them with the scourge of the Almighty, the Omnipotent
54:43  Are your unbelievers better than those? Or have you immunity in the Scriptures
54:44  Or do they say: ‘We are a victorious army‘
54:45  The army shall be routed and put to flight
54:46  The Hour is their time appointed; and more calamitous, and more doleful, shall be the Hour
54:47  Yet the wrongdoers persist in error and madness
54:48  On the day they are dragged into the Fire with faces down: ‘Feel the touch of Hell!‘
54:49  We have surely created all things according to a measure
54:50  We command but once: Our will is done in the twinkling of an eye
54:51  We have destroyed many a people like yourselves: is there any that will remember
54:52  All they did is in the Scriptures
54:53  every action, small or great, is noted down
54:54  The righteous shall dwell in Gardens watered by running brooks,
54:55  honourably seated in the presence of a Mighty King