1By the dawn

2And [by] ten nights¹⁷⁸³

3And [by] the even [number] and the odd

4And [by] the night when it passes,

5Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?¹⁷⁸⁴

6Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad –

7[With] Iram¹⁷⁸⁵ – who had lofty pillars,¹⁷⁸⁶

8The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

9And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

10And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹⁷⁸⁷ –

11[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12And increased therein the corruption.

13So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."¹⁷⁸⁸

16But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

17No!¹⁷⁸⁹ But you do not honor the orphan

18And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

19And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,¹⁷⁹⁰

20And you love wealth with immense love.

21No! When the earth has been leveled – pounded and crushed –

22And your Lord has come¹⁷⁹¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

23And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell – that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

24He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."¹⁷⁹²

25So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

26And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

27[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

28Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

29And enter among My [righteous] servants

30And enter My Paradise."