[1] I swear by the daybreak,
[2] And the ten nights,
[3] And the even and the odd,
[4] And the night when it departs.
[5] Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
[6] Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
[7] (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[8] The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
[9] And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
[10] And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
[11] Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[12] So they made great mischief therein?
[13] Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
[14] Most surely your Lord is watching.
[15] 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.
[16] But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
[17] Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
[18] Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
[19] And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
[20] And you love wealth with exceeding love.
[21] Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
[22] And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
[23] And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
[24] He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
[25] But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
[26] And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
[27] O soul that art at rest!
[28] Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
[29] So enter among My servants,
[30] And enter into My garden.