وَالقَمَرَ قَدَّرناهُ مَنازِلَ حَتّىٰ عادَ كَالعُرجونِ القَديمِ

We established phases for the moon, until it returns resembling an old, curved date stalk.

لَا الشَّمسُ يَنبَغي لَها أَن تُدرِكَ القَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيلُ سابِقُ النَّهارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ في فَلَكٍ يَسبَحونَ

The sun is not permitted to overtake the moon, nor does the night outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.

وَآيَةٌ لَهُم أَنّا حَمَلنا ذُرِّيَّتَهُم فِي الفُلكِ المَشحونِ

A sign for them is that We carried their progeny in the filled Ark.

وَخَلَقنا لَهُم مِن مِثلِهِ ما يَركَبونَ

And We’ve created for them similar to it on which they embark.

وَإِن نَشَأ نُغرِقهُم فَلا صَريخَ لَهُم وَلا هُم يُنقَذونَ

And if We will, We could drown them, with no one to hear their screams, and they won’t be rescued.

وَإِذا قيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقوا ما بَينَ أَيديكُم وَما خَلفَكُم لَعَلَّكُم تُرحَمونَ

When they are told, “Guard yourselves from what’s before you and what’s behind you, so you may receive mercy.”

وَما تَأتيهِم مِن آيَةٍ مِن آياتِ رَبِّهِم إِلّا كانوا عَنها مُعرِضينَ

Yet, they persistently ignore every sign that comes to them from their Lord.

وَإِذا قيلَ لَهُم أَنفِقوا مِمّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ قالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لِلَّذينَ آمَنوا أَنُطعِمُ مَن لَو يَشاءُ اللَّهُ أَطعَمَهُ إِن أَنتُم إِلّا في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ

When told, “Give from what God has provided you,” the unbelievers say to the believers, “Should we feed those, if God willed, He would’ve fed them? You are evidently misguided.”

وَيَقولونَ مَتىٰ هـٰذَا الوَعدُ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَ

And they say, “When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?”

ما يَنظُرونَ إِلّا صَيحَةً واحِدَةً تَأخُذُهُم وَهُم يَخِصِّمونَ

They only await a single blast that will seize them while arguing.