1 | By the Dawn |
2 | And ten nights, |
3 | And the Even and the Odd, |
4 | And the night when it departeth, |
5 | There surely is an oath for thinking man. |
6 | Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad, |
7 | With many-columned Iram, |
8 | The like of which was not created in the lands; |
9 | And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley; |
10 | And with Pharaoh, firm of might, |
11 | Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands, |
12 | And multiplied iniquity therein ? |
13 | Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment. |
14 | Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful. |
15 | As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me. |
16 | But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me. |
17 | Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan |
18 | And urge not on the feeding of the poor. |
19 | And ye devour heritages with devouring greed. |
20 | And love wealth with abounding love. |
21 | Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding, |
22 | And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank, |
23 | And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ? |
24 | He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life! |
25 | None punisheth as He will punish on that day! |
26 | None bindeth as He then will bind. |
27 | But ah! thou soul at peace! |
28 | Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! |
29 | Enter thou among My bondmen! |
30 | Enter thou My Garden! |