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In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
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By the dawn; |
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By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of
Dhul-Hîjjah) [], |
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And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of
Allâh)[] . |
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And by the night when it departs. |
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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,
etc.)! |
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Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your Lord
dealt with 'Ad (people)? |
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Who were very tall like lofty pillars, |
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The like of which were not created in the land? |
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And (with) Thamûd (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley
(to make dwellings)?[] |
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And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by
binding them to pegs)? |
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Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of
Allâh). |
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And made therein much mischief. |
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So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. |
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Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them). |
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As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then
he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me." |
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But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My
Lord has humiliated me!" |
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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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And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskîn (the poor)! |
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And you devour inheritance all with greed, |
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And you love wealth with much love! |
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Nay! When the earth is ground to powder, |
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And your Lord comes with the angels in rows, |
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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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He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this)
my life!" |
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So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. |
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And none will bind as He will bind. |
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(It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and
satisfaction! |
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"Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto
Him! |
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"Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, |
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"And enter you My Paradise!" |