Say: the knowledge thereof is with God alone, and I am naught but a plain warner. But when they shall see it nigh, the countenance of those who disbelieved shall be evil,--and it shall be said, “This is what ye called for.” Say: Have ye considered--whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we win mercy--still who will save the unbelievers from aching torment? Say: He is the Merciful: we believe in Him, and in Him we put our trust--and ye shall soon know which it is that is in manifest error! Say: Have ye considered if your waters should sink away to-morrow, who will bring you running water? (lxvii.) THE MOON. _In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful._ The Hour approacheth and the MOON is cleft asunder. But if they see a sign they turn aside, and say “Useless magic!” And they call it a lie, and follow their own lusts:--but everything is ordained. Yet there came to them messages of forbiddance-- Wisdom supreme--but warners serve not! Then turn from them: the Day when the Summoner shall summon to a matter of trouble, With eyes cast down shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts, Hurrying headlong to the summoner: the unbelievers shall say, “This is a hard day!” The people of Noah, before them, called it a lie, and they called our servant a liar, and said, “Mad!” and he was rejected. Then he besought his Lord, “Verily I am overpowered: defend me.” So we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth, And we made the earth break out in springs, and the waters met by an order foreordained; And we carried him on a vessel of planks and nails, Which sailed on beneath our eyes;--a reward for him who had been disbelieved. And we left it as a sign; but doth any one mind? _And what was my torment and warning?_ _And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth anyone mind?_ Ad called it a lie; _but what was my torment and warning?_ Lo, we sent against them a biting wind on a day of settled ill-luck. It tore men away as though they were trunks of palm-trees torn-up. _But what was my torment and warning?_ _And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?_