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[1] By the dawn
[2] And [by] ten nights
[3] And [by] the even [number] and the odd
[4] And [by] the night when it passes,
[5] Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
[6] Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
[7] [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
[8] The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
[9] And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
[10] And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
[11] [All of] whom oppressed within the lands
[12] And increased therein the corruption.
[13] So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
[14] Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
[15] And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
[16] But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
[17] No! But you do not honor the orphan
[18] And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
[19] And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
[20] And you love wealth with immense love.
[21] No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
[22] And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
[23] And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
[24] He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
[25] So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
[26] And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
[27] [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
[28] Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
[29] And enter among My [righteous] servants
[30] And enter My Paradise."