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[1] By the break of Day
[2] By the Nights twice five;
[3] By the even and odd (contrasted);
[4] And by the Night when it passeth away;-
[5] Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
[6] Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
[7] Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
[8] The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
[9] And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
[10] And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
[11] (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
[12] And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
[13] Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
[14] For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
[15] Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
[16] But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
[17] Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
[18] Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
[19] And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
[20] And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
[21] Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
[22] And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
[23] And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
[24] He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
[25] For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
[26] And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
[27] (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
[28] "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
[29] "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
[30] "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!