Quran

[1]   The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.

[2]   But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."

[3]   They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.

[4]   There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

[5]   Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

[6]   Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,

[7]   They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

[8]   Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

[9]   Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.

[10]   Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"

[11]   So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

[12]   And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

[13]   But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:

[14]   She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

[15]   And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?

[16]   But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

[17]   And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

[18]   The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

[19]   For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

[20]   Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).

[21]   Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

[22]   But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

[23]   The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

[24]   For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!

[25]   "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"

[26]   Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

[27]   For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!

[28]   And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

[29]   But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).

[30]   Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

[31]   For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

[32]   And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

[33]   The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

[34]   We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-

[35]   As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.

[36]   And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.

[37]   And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

[38]   Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

[39]   "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

[40]   And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

[41]   To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

[42]   The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

[43]   Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

[44]   Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

[45]   Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

[46]   Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

[47]   Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.

[48]   The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"

[49]   Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

[50]   And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.

[51]   And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?

[52]   All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):

[53]   Every matter, small and great, is on record.

[54]   As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,

[55]   In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.