القمر

[1]THE LAST HOUR draws near, and the moon is split asunder!

[2]But if they [who reject all thought of the Last Hour] were to see a sign [of its approach], they would turn aside and say, “An ever-recurring delusion!” –

[3]for they are bent on giving it the lie, being always wont to follow their own desires. Yet everything reveals its truth in the end.

[4]And withal, there has come unto them many a tiding that should have restrained [their arrogance]:

[5]far-reaching wisdom [was held out to them]: but [since] all warnings have been of no avail,

[6]turn thou away from them. On the Day when the Summoning Voice will sum­mon [man] unto something that the mind cannot conceive,

[7]they will come forth from their graves, with their eyes downcast, [swarming about] like locusts scattered [by the wind],

[8]running in con­fusion towards the Summoning Voice; [and] those who [now] deny the truth will exclaim, “Calamitous is this Day!”

[9][LONG] BEFORE those [who now deny resurrec­tion] did Noah’s people call it a lie; and they gave the lie to Our servant and said, “Mad is he!” - and he was repulsed.

[10]Thereupon he called out to his Sustainer, “Verily, I am defeated; come Thou, then, to my succour!”