| m_ali | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | By the daybreak! |
| 2. * | And the ten nights! |
| 3. * | And the even and the odd! |
| 4. * | And the night when it departs! |
| 5. * | Truly in this is an oath for men of understanding. |
| 6. * | Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with ‘Ad, |
| 7. * | (Of) Iram, having lofty buildings, |
| 8. * | The like of which were not created in the land; |
| 9. * | And (with) Thamud, who hewed out rocks in the valley; |
| 10. * | And (with) Pharaoh, the lord of hosts, |
| 11. * | Who exceeded limits in the cities, |
| 12. * | And made great mischief therein? |
| 13. * | So thy Lord poured on them a portion of chastisement. |
| 14. * | Surely thy Lord is Watchful; |
| 15. * | As for man, when his Lord tries him, then gives him honour and favours him, he says: My Lord honours me. |
| 16. * | But when He tries him, then straitens to him his subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me. |
| 17. * | Nay, but you honour not the orphan, |
| 18. * | Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor, |
| 19. * | And you devour heritage, devouring all, |
| 20. * | And you love wealth with exceeding love. |
| 21. * | Nay, when the earth is made to crumble to pieces, |
| 22. * | And thy Lord comes with the angels, ranks on ranks; |
| 23. * | And hell is made to appear that day. On that day man will be mindful, and of what use will being mindful be then? |
| 24. * | He will say: O would that I had sent before for (this) my life! |
| 25. * | But none can punish as He will punish on that day. |
| 26. * | And none can bind as He will bind on that day. |
| 27. * | O soul that art at rest, |
| 28. * | Return to thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing, |
| 29. * | So enter among My servants, |
| 30. * | And enter My Garden! |