اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ١
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
54:2
وَإِنْ يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ ٢
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
54:3
وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُسْتَقِرٌّ ٣
They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
54:4
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤
There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),