54-1 : In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

54-2 : And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.

54-3 : They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision

54-4 : And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,

54-5 : Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

54-6 : So withdraw from them (O muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.

54-7 : With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,

54-8 : Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.

54-9 : The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.

54-10 : So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.

54-11 : Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

54-12 : And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.

54-13 : And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

54-14 : That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.

54-15 : And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?

54-16 : Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

54-17 : And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

54-18 : (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.

54-19 : Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,

54-20 : Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.

54-21 : Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

54-22 : And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

54-23 : (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

54-24 : For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow ? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

54-25 : Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.

54-26 : (Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.

54-27 : Lo! We are sending the she - camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;

54-28 : And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.

54-29 : But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).

54-30 : Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

54-31 : Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle - fold.

54-32 : And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

54-33 : The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

54-34 : Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,

54-35 : As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.

54-36 : And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.

54-37 : They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!

54-38 : And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.

54-39 : Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

54-40 : And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

54-41 : And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

54-42 : Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

54-43 : Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?

54-44 : Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

54-45 : The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

54-46 : Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

54-47 : Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

54-48 : On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.

54-49 : Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

54-50 : And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.

54-51 : And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?

54-52 : And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

54-53 : And every small and great thing is recorded.

54-54 : Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

54-55 : firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.