The Moon (al-Qamar)

¹ The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.

² Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”

³ They lied, and followed their opinions, but everything has its time.

⁴ And there came to them news containing a deterrent.

Scrambling towards the Caller, the disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult Day.” ⁹ Before them the people of Noah disbelieved.

They rejected Our servant, and said, “Crazy,” and he was rebuked.

¹⁰ So he appealed to his Lord, “I am over- whelmed, so help me.” ¹¹ So We opened the floodgates of heaven with water pouring down.

And We made the earth burst with springs, and the waters met for a purpose already destined.
And We carried him on a craft of planks and nails.
Sailing before Our eyes; a reward for him who was rejected.
Thamood rejected the warnings. They said, “Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell.
Was the message given to him, out of all of us? In fact, he is a wicked liar.”
They will know tomorrow who the wicked liar is.
We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and be patient.
And inform them that the water is to be shared between them; each share of drink made available.
But they called their friend, and he dared, and he slaughtered.
So how were My punishment and My warnings?
We sent against them a single Scream, and they became like crushed hay.
We made the Quran easy to understand. Is there anyone who would understand?
The people of Lot rejected the warnings. We unleashed upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot; We rescued them at dawn.

A blessing from Us. Thus We reward the thankful.

He had warned them of Our onslaught, but they dismissed the warnings.
They even lusted for his guest, so We obliterated their eyes. “So taste My punishment and My warnings.”
Early morning brought upon them enduring punishment.
We made the Quran easy to memorize. Is there anyone who would memorize?
The warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh.
They rejected Our signs, all of them, so We seized them.
Are your unbelievers better than all those? Or do you have immunity in the scriptures?
Or do they say, “We are united, and we will be victorious”?
The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.

⁴⁹ Everything We created with predestination.