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.