اِقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ۟اِقۡتَـرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الۡقَمَرُ
The Last Hour draws near and the moon is split asunder.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَاِنْ یَّرَوْا اٰیَةً یُّعْرِضُوْا وَیَقُوْلُوْا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ ۟وَاِنۡ يَّرَوۡا اٰيَةً يُّعۡرِضُوۡا وَيَقُوۡلُوۡا سِحۡرٌ مُّسۡتَمِرٌّ
Yet, when they see a sign they [who deny the truth] turn their backs and say, ‘The same old sorcery!’
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَكَذَّبُوْا وَاتَّبَعُوْۤا اَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَكُلُّ اَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ ۟وَكَذَّبُوۡا وَاتَّبَعُوۡۤا اَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ وَكُلُّ اَمۡرٍ مُّسۡتَقِرٌّ
They deny the truth and follow their own whims— every matter has its appointed time—
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَنْۢبَآءِ مَا فِیْهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ۟ۙوَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاَنۡۢبَآءِ مَا فِيۡهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌۙ
there has come to them many a tiding wherein there are warnings,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ ۟ۙحِكۡمَةٌ ۢ بَالِغَةٌ فَمَا تُغۡنِ النُّذُرُۙ
profound in wisdom, but all warnings have been of no avail:
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ— یَوْمَ یَدْعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰی شَیْءٍ نُّكُرٍ ۟ۙفَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰى شَىۡءٍ نُّكُرٍۙ
so ignore them. On the Day when the Crier will call out about a horrible event,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
خُشَّعًا اَبْصَارُهُمْ یَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنْتَشِرٌ ۟ۙخُشَّعًا اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡاَجۡدَاثِ كَاَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٌ مُّنۡتَشِرٌۙ
with downcast eyes they shall come out of their graves, as if they were locusts milling about
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
مُّهْطِعِیْنَ اِلَی الدَّاعِ ؕ— یَقُوْلُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا یَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ ۟مُّهۡطِعِيۡنَ اِلَى الدَّاعِؕ يَقُوۡلُ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٌ
hastening towards the Crier. Those who deny the truth will cry, ‘This is such a hard day!’
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 54:1–8
God causes such events to take place in the present world as make the occurrence of Doomsday understandable in advance. An event of this type occurred in the days of the Prophet Muhammad a few years before the Hijrah, when people saw that the moon was ‘cleft in two.’ At that time, the Prophet told the people that just as the moon had broken into pieces, the world would also break into pieces and then a new world would be built.
Undoubtedly, there is a lesson to be learned from such events. But this is possible only when a man applies his mind to it. Those who are slaves to their own desires, will look at such events and simply say, ‘This is magic’. They will interpret such events as they please and treat them as inapplicable to themselves. For such people even the most cogent reasoning is meaningless. They will come to their senses only when the blast of Doomsday bursts on them and deprives them of the opportunity to reform.