54. Kamer · verses 1–4

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ

Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru

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

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ

Wain yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun

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

وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun

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

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ

Walaqad jaahum mina alanbai ma feehi muzdajarun

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