In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ “Drawn nigh¹ has the Hour, and the moon is split asunder!”²

² But if they see a proof,¹ they will turn away and say: “Enduring sorcery.”²

³ And they denied, and followed their vain desires;¹ but every matter is settled.²

⁴ And there has come to them of reports that wherein is deterrence:

⁵ Far-reaching wisdom;¹ but the warnings² avail not.

⁶ So turn thou from them. The day the Caller calls¹ to a thing beyond experience:² —

⁷ Their eyes humbled,¹ they will come forth from the graves like locusts spreading,

⁸ Straining towards the Caller; the false claimers of guidance¹ will say: “This is a difficult day.”

⁹ The people of Noah denied before them; they denied Our servant, and said: “One possessed”; and he was repelled.

¹⁰ So he called to his Lord: “I am defeated, so help Thou.”

¹¹ Then opened We the gates of heaven with water pouring,

¹² And caused the earth to gush forth with springs; and the waters met for a predetermined purpose.¹

¹³ And We bore¹ him upon that of planks and nails,

¹⁴ Sailing¹ before Our eyes as reward for one denied.

¹⁵ And We left it¹ as a proof;² so is there any who will remember?

¹⁶ Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

¹⁷ And We have made the Qur’an¹ easy for remembrance;² so is there any who will remember?

¹⁸ ʿĀd denied. Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

¹⁹ We sent against them a howling wind in a day of enduring calamity,

²⁰ Removing men as if they were stumps of uprooted date-palms.

²¹ Then how were My punishment and My warnings?

²² And We have made the Qur’an¹ easy for remembrance;² so is there any who will remember?

²³ Thamūd denied the warnings.

²⁴ And they said: “Is it a single mortal¹ among us we are to follow? Then should we be in error and insanity.

²⁵ “Has the remembrance¹ been cast upon him from among us? The truth is,² he is an insolent liar.”

²⁶ “They will come to know on the morrow¹ who is the insolent liar!

²⁷ “We are sending the she-camel as a means of denial¹ for them; so watch thou them and be thou steadfast.

²⁸ “And inform thou them that the water is to be divided between them — each drink attended.”¹

²⁹ Then they called their companion, and he betook himself and did hamstring.¹

³⁰ Then how were My punishment and My warnings?¹

³¹ We sent upon them one Blast, and they were like the dry stalks of the fence-maker.

³² And We have made the Qur’an¹ easy for remembrance;² so is there any who will remember?

³³ The people of Lot denied the warnings.

³⁴ We sent upon them a storm of stones save the family of Lot — We delivered them at dawn

³⁵ As favour from Us; thus do We reward him who is grateful.

³⁶ And he had warned them of Our seizing, but they disputed the warnings.

³⁷ And they demanded of him his guests, so We put out their eyes: “Then taste My punishment and My warnings!”

³⁸ And in the early morning there came upon them an abiding punishment:

³⁹ “Then taste My punishment and My warnings!”

⁴⁰ And We have made the Qur’an¹ easy for remembrance;² so is there any who will remember?

⁴¹ And the warnings came to the house of Pharaoh.¹

⁴² They denied Our proofs,¹ all of them, then We seized them with the seizing of One exalted in might and omnipotent.

⁴³ Are your atheists¹ better than those?² If³ you have immunity in the writings:⁴

⁴⁴ Or if¹ they say: “We are an assembly to be victorious:²

⁴⁵ “The host¹ will be defeated, and turn the backs,” —

⁴⁶ The truth is,¹ the Hour is their appointment; and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.²

⁴⁷ The lawbreakers are in error and insanity!

⁴⁸ The day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces: “Taste the touch of Saqar!”¹

⁴⁹ We created everything in measure