The Hour is near, and the Moon is cleft asunder
But if they see a sign, they turn away and say, “This is a mysterious illusion.
They reject it and follow their lusts, but every issue has its appointed time
There have already come to them recitals with which there is enough to check them
Perfect wisdom, but warners do not profit them
Therefore, turn away from them. The day that the caller will call them to a terrible affair
They will come forth, their eyes humbled from their graves, torpid like locusts scattered abroad
Hastening with eyes transfixed towards the caller. “This is a trying day,” the unbelievers will say
Before them the people of Noah rejected it. They rejected Our servant and said, “This one is possessed.” And he was driven out
Then he called on his Lord, “I am one overcome, will You help me?
So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring out
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met and rose to the extent decreed
But We bore him on an ark made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fiber
It floats under our eyes. A reward for one who had been rejected
And We have left it as a sign. Then is there any who will receive advice
But how was My penalty and My warning
And We have indeed made the Quran intuitive. Then are there any who will receive advice
The ‘Ad also rejected it. Then how was My penalty and My warnings
For We sent against them a furious wind, on a day of violent disaster
Plucking out human beings, as if they were roots of palm trees torn up
Yes, how was My penalty and My warning
And indeed We have made the Quran intuitive. Then will any experience it
The Thamud rejected their warners
For they said, “What, a human being, one from among ourselves? Should we follow such a one? Truly we would then be in error, and in madness
“Is it that the message is sent to him of all people among us? No, he is a liar, an insolent one.
They will know on the morrow, who is the liar, and the insolent one
For We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. So watch them, and be patient
And tell them that the water is to be divided between them. Each one’s right to drink being brought forward
But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung her
How was My penalty and My warning
For We sent against them a single mighty blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens livestock
And indeed We have made the Quran intuitive. Then will any experience it
The people of Lot rejected the warning
We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones which caused them to perish, except Lot’s household. We delivered them by early dawn
As a grace from Us. This is how We reward those who give thanks
And Lot warned them of Our punishment, but they disputed about the warning
And they even sought to abduct his guests, but We blinded their eyes. Now taste My punishment and My warning
Early in the morning an abiding punishment indeed seized them
“So taste My punishment and My warning.
And indeed We have made the Quran intuitive. Then will any experience it
Also to the people of Pharaoh came warners
The people rejected all of Our signs, but We seized them with a penalty from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His will
Are your unbelievers better than they are? Or have you immunity in the sacred books
Or do they say, “We, acting together, can defend ourselves”
Soon will their party be on the retreat, and they will show their backs
No, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be more terrible and most bitter
Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and in madness
The day they will be dragged through the fire on their faces. Taste the touch of hell.
Indeed, We have created all things in due proportion and measure
And Our command is only a single act, like the blink of an eye
And in the past, We have caused groups like you to perish. Then is there any who will receive advice
All that they do is noted in books
Every matter, small and great, is on record
As for the righteous, they will be in the presence of gardens and rivers
In an assembly of truth, in the presence of the Sovereign, Omnipotent