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pickthal
 
1.  *     By the Dawn
 
2.  *     And ten nights,
 
3.  *     And the Even and the Odd,
 
4.  *     And the night when it departeth,
 
5.  *     There surely is an oath for thinking man.
 
6.  *     Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
 
7.  *     With many-columned Iram,
 
8.  *     The like of which was not created in the lands;
 
9.  *     And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
 
10.  *     And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
 
11.  *     Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
 
12.  *     And multiplied iniquity therein?
 
13.  *     Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
 
14.  *     Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
 
15.  *     As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
 
16.  *     But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
 
17.  *     Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
 
18.  *     And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
 
19.  *     And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
 
20.  *     And love wealth with abounding love.
 
21.  *     Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
 
22.  *     And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
 
23.  *     And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
 
24.  *     He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
 
25.  *     None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
 
26.  *     None bindeth as He then will bind.
 
27.  *     But ah! thou soul at peace!
 
28.  *     Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
 
29.  *     Enter thou among My bondmen!
 
30.  *     Enter thou My Garden!