وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
And [by] ten nights
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
And [by] the night when it passes
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
And increased therein the corruption
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me