In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful.

"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.