In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
I swear by the daybreak, | |
And the ten nights, | |
And the even and the odd, | |
And the night when it departs. | |
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding. | |
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad, | |
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings, | |
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities; | |
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley, | |
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts, | |
Who committed inordinacy in the cities, | |
So they made great mischief therein? | |
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement. | |
Most sure!y your Lord is watching. | |
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me. | |
But when He tries him (differently), then straightens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me. | |
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan, | |
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor, | |
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately, | |
And you love wealth with exceeding love. | |
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces, | |
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks, | |
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him? | |
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life! | |
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement, | |
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding. | |
O soul that art at rest! | |
Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him), | |
So enter among My servants, | |
