| khalifa | |
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| 1. * | By the dawn. |
| 2. * | And the ten nights. |
| 3. * | By the even and the odd. |
| 4. * | By the night as it passes. |
| 5. * | A profound oath, for one who possesses intelligence. |
| 6. * | Have you noted what your Lord did to `Aad? |
| 7. * | Erum; the town with tall buildings. |
| 8. * | There was nothing like it anywhere. |
| 9. * | Also Thamoud, who carved the rocks in their valley. |
| 10. * | And Pharaoh who possessed might. |
| 11. * | They all transgressed in the land. |
| 12. * | They spread evil throughout. |
| 13. * | Consequently, your Lord poured upon them a whipping retribution. |
| 14. * | Your Lord is ever watchful. |
| 15. * | When the human being is tested by his Lord, through blessings and joy, he says, "My Lord is generous towards me." |
| 16. * | But if He tests him through reduction in provisions, he says, "My Lord is humiliating me!" |
| 17. * | Wrong! It is you who brought it on yourselves by not regarding the orphan. |
| 18. * | And not advocating charity towards the poor. |
| 19. * | And consuming the inheritance of helpless orphans. |
| 20. * | And loving the money too much. |
| 21. * | Indeed, when the earth is crushed, utterly crushed. |
| 22. * | And your Lord comes, together with the angels in row after row. |
| 23. * | On that day, Gehenna will be brought forth. On that day, the human being will remember - but what a remembrance - it will be too late. |
| 24. * | He will say, "Oh, I wish I prepared for my (eternal) life." |
| 25. * | On that day, no retribution could be worse than His retribution. |
| 26. * | And no confinement is as effective as His confinement. |
| 27. * | As for you, O content soul. |
| 28. * | Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing. |
| 29. * | Welcome into My servants. |
| 30. * | Welcome into My Paradise. |