- By the Dawn
- And ten nights,
- And the Even and the Odd,
- And the night when it departeth,
- There surely is an oath for thinking man.
- Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of)
A'ad,
- With many-columned Iram,
- The like of which was not created in the lands;
- And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the
valley;
- And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
- Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
- And multiplied iniquity therein ?
- Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His
punishment.
- Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
- As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and
is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
- But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life,
he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
- Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
- And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
- And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
- And love wealth with abounding love.
- Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding,
grinding,
- And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
- And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will
remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
- He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some
provision) for my life!
- None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
- None bindeth as He then will bind.
- But ah! thou soul at peace!
- Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
- Enter thou among My bondmen!
- Enter thou My Garden!