[54:1] The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

[54:2] And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.

[54:3] And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.

[54:4] And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention--

[54:5] Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;

[54:6] So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,

[54:7] Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,

[54:8] Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.

[54:9] Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

[54:10] Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

[54:11] So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

[54:12] And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

[54:13] And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

[54:14] Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

[54:15] And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

[54:16] How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

[54:17] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

[54:18] Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!

[54:19] Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck

[54:20] Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.

[54:21] How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

[54:22] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

[54:23] Samood rejected the warning.

[54:24] So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

[54:25] Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!

[54:26] Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

[54:27] Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

[54:28] And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.

[54:29] But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).

[54:30] How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

[54:31] Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

[54:32] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

[54:33] The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.

[54:34] Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,

[54:35] A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.

[54:36] And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.

[54:37] And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.

[54:38] And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.

[54:39] So taste My chastisement and My warning.

[54:40] And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

[54:41] And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

[54:42] They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

[54:43] Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

[54:44] Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

[54:45] Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

[54:46] Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

[54:47] Surely the guilty are in error and distress.

[54:48] On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.

[54:49] Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

[54:50] And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

[54:51] And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

[54:52] And everything they have done is in the writings.

[54:53] And everything small and great is written down.

[54:54] Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

[54:55] In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.