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| 1. * | By the day-break, |
| 2. * | and then nights; |
| 3. * | by that which is double, and that which is single; |
| 4. * | and by the night when it cometh on: |
| 5. * | Is there not in this an oath formed with understanding? |
| 6. * | Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with Ad, |
| 7. * | the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings, |
| 8. * | the like whereof hath not been erected in the land; |
| 9. * | and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley into houses; |
| 10. * | and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes: |
| 11. * | Who had behaved insolently in the earth, |
| 12. * | and multiplied corruption therein? |
| 13. * | Wherefore thy Lord poured on them various kinds of chastisement: |
| 14. * | For thy Lord is surely in a watch-tower, whence He observeth the actions of men. |
| 15. * | Moreover man, when his Lord trieth him by prosperity, and honoureth him, and is bounteous unto him, saith, my Lord honoureth me: |
| 16. * | But when He proveth him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions from him, he saith, my Lord despiseth me. |
| 17. * | By no means: But ye honour not the orphan, |
| 18. * | neither do ye excite one another to feed the poor; |
| 19. * | and ye devour the inheritance of the weak, with undistinguishing greediness; |
| 20. * | and ye love riches, with much affection. |
| 21. * | By no means should ye do thus. When the earth shall be minutely ground to dust; |
| 22. * | and thy Lord shall come, and the angels rank by rank; |
| 23. * | and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: On that day shall man call to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him? |
| 24. * | He shall say, would to God that I had heretofore done good works in my life-time! |
| 25. * | On that day none shall punish with his punishment; |
| 26. * | nor shall any bind with his bonds. |
| 27. * | O thou soul which art at rest, |
| 28. * | return unto thy Lord, well pleased with thy reward, and well pleasing unto God: |
| 29. * | Enter among my servants; |
| 30. * | and enter my paradise. |