54:1 ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ — The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]. 1 54:2 وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ — And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic." 1 54:3 وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ — And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement. 54:4 وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ — And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence. 54:5 حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ — Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]. 54:6 فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ — So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller 1 calls to something forbidding, 54:7 خُشَّعًا أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ — Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading, 54:8 مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ — Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day." 54:9 ۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ — The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled. 54:10 فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ — So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help." 54:11 فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ — Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down 54:12 وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ — And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined. 54:13 وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ — And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails, 54:14 تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ — Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied. 54:15 وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَـٰهَآ ءَايَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ — And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember? 54:16 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ — And how [severe] were My punishment and warning. 1 54:17 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ — And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 54:18 كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ — ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning. 54:19 إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ — Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune, 54:20 تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ — Extracting the people 1 as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted. 54:21 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ — And how [severe] were My punishment and warning. 54:22 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ — And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 54:23 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ 54:24 فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ — And said, "Is it one human being 1 among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness. 54:25 أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ — Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar." 54:26 سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ — They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar. 54:27 إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ — Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient. 1 54:28 وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ — And inform them that the water is shared between them, 1 each [day of] drink attended [by turn]. 54:29 فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ — But they called their companion, 1 and he dared 2 and hamstrung [her]. 54:30 فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ — And how [severe] were My punishment and warning. 54:31 إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ — Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen. 54:32 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ — And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 54:33 كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ — The people of Lot denied the warning. 54:34 إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ — Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn. 54:35 نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ — As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful. 54:36 وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ — And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning. 54:37 وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ — And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning." 54:38 وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ — And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment. 54:39 فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ — So taste My punishment and warning. 54:40 وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ — And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? 54:41 وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ — And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning. 54:42 كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ — They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability. 54:43 أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ — Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures? 54:44 أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ — Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"? 54:45 سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ — [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat]. 1 54:46 بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ — But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter. 54:47 إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ — Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness. 1. 54:48 يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ — The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar." 1 54:49 إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ — Indeed, all things We created with predestination. 54:50 وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ — And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye. 54:51 وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ — And We have already destroyed your kinds, 1 so is there any who will remember? 54:52 وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ — And everything they did is in written records. 54:53 وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ — And every small and great [thing] is inscribed. 54:54 إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ — Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers, 54:55 فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ — In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability. 1