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1.  *     By the dawn.
 
2.  *     And the ten nights.
 
3.  *     And the even and the odd.
 
4.  *     And the night when it passes.
 
5.  *     In this is an oath for the one with intelligence.
 
6.  *     Did you not see what your Lord did to 'Aad?
 
7.  *     Irum, with the great columns?
 
8.  *     The one which was like no other in the land?
 
9.  *     And Thamud who carved the rocks in the valley?
 
10.  *     And Pharaoh with the planks?
 
11.  *     They all transgressed in the land.
 
12.  *     And made much corruption therein.
 
13.  *     So your Lord poured upon them a measure of retribution.
 
14.  *     Your Lord is ever watchful.
 
15.  *     As for man, if his Lord tests him and grants him much, then he says: "My Lord has blessed me!"
 
16.  *     And if his Lord tests him and gives him little wealth, then he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
 
17.  *     No, you are not generous to the orphan.
 
18.  *     And you do not look to feeding the poor.
 
19.  *     And you consume others inheritance, all with greed.
 
20.  *     And you love money, a love that is excessive.
 
21.  *     No, when the Earth is pounded into rubble.
 
22.  *     And your Lord comes with the Angels row after row.
 
23.  *     And Hell on that Day is brought. On that Day man will remember, but how will the remembrance now help him?
 
24.  *     He says: "I wish I had worked towards my life!"
 
25.  *     On that Day, no other will bear his punishment.
 
26.  *     Nor will anyone be able to free his bonds.
 
27.  *     "O you soul which is peaceful."
 
28.  *     "Return to your Lord happy and content."
 
29.  *     "And enter in amongst My servants."
 
30.  *     "And enter My Paradise."