| 1 | By the dawn; | |
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| 2 | By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) , | |
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| 3 | And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah). | |
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| 4 | And by the night when it departs. | |
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| 5 | There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)! | |
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| 6 | Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people) | |
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| 7 | Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars, | |
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| 8 | The like of which were not created in the land? | |
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| 9 | And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)? | |
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| 10 | And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)? | |
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| 11 | Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah). | |
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| 12 | And made therein much mischief. | |
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| 13 | So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. | |
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| 14 | Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them). | |
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| 15 | As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me." | |
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| 16 | But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!" | |
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| 17 | Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)! | |
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| 18 | And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)! | |
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| 19 | And you devour the inheritance all with greed. | |
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| 20 | And you love wealth with much love. | |
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| 21 | Nay! When the earth is ground to powder. | |
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| 22 | And your Lord comes with the angels in rows. | |
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| 23 | And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him? | |
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| 24 | He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!" | |
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| 25 | So on that Day none will punish as He will punish. | |
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| 26 | And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind. | |
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| 27 | (It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction! | |
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| 28 | "Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)! | |
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| 29 | "Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves, | |
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| 30 | "And enter you My Paradise!" | |
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