١THE LAST HOUR draws near, and the moon is split asunder!
٢But 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!” –
٣for they are bent on giving it the lie, being always wont to follow their own desires. Yet everything reveals its truth in the end.
٤And withal, there has come unto them many a tiding that should have restrained [their arrogance]:
٥far-reaching wisdom [was held out to them]: but [since] all warnings have been of no avail,
٦turn thou away from them. On the Day when the Summoning Voice will summon [man] unto something that the mind cannot conceive,