وَأَنَّهُۥخَلَقَٱلزَّوْجَيْنِٱلذَّكَرَوَٱلْأُنثَىٰ٤٥

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius¹.

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

And the overturned towns¹ He hurled down.

And covered them by that which He covered.¹

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

The Approaching Day has approached.

Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

Then at this statement do you wonder?

And you laugh and do not weep

While you are proudly sporting?¹

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].¹

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."¹

And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller¹ calls to something forbidding,