Chapter 54

In the name of God, the Almighty, Most Merciful

1. The Hour has come near, and the moon has been breached.
2. Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said: "Continuous magic"
3. They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.
4. Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.
5. Great wisdom; but the warnings are in vain.
6. Therefore ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.
7. With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.
8. As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say: "This is a difficult day"
9. The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said: "Crazy!" and he was persecuted.
10. So he called on his Lord: "I am beaten; grant me victory"
11. So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water.
12. And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to the extent decreed.
13. We carried him on a craft made of stone and mortar.
14. It ran under Our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
15. And We have left it as a sign. Does any of you wish to learn?
16. How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
17. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
18. 'Aad disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution and My warnings?
19. We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.
20. It uprooted the people as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.
21. How terrible was My retribution and My warnings?
22. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
23. Thamud rejected the warnings.
24. They said: "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell"
25. "Has the message come down to him, instead of us? He is an insolent liar"
26. They will find out tomorrow who the insolent liar is.
27. We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.
28. Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; each shall be allowed to drink on a designated day.
29. But they called on their friend to kill, and he obliged.
30. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.
31. We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
32. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
33. The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
34. We showered them with rocks. Except for the family of Lot, We saved them at dawn.
35. We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.
36. He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.
37. They sought to remove his guests from him; We blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
38. Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
39. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
40. We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
41. Pharaoh's people were warned.
42. They rejected all our signs. So We took them, the taking of the Noble, the Able.
43. Are your rejecters better than those? Or have you been absolved by the scripture?
44. Or do they say: "We will be the winners"
45. All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
46. The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
47. The criminals are astray, and will end up in Hell.
48. They will be dragged into the Hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.
49. Everything We created in a precise measure.
50. Our commands are done as with the blink of an eye.
51. We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?
52. Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.
53. Everything, small or large, is written down.
54. Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.
55. In a position of honour, at an Omnipotent King.