| 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!
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