| sarwar | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | By the dawn, |
| 2. * | by the Ten (secret) Nights, |
| 3. * | by the odd and even (8th and 9th Dhil-hajj) |
| 4. * | and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality). |
| 5. * | Is this not a sufficient oath for intelligent people? |
| 6. * | (Muhammad), consider how your Lord dealt with the tribe of Ad, |
| 7. * | the people of the huge columned city of Eram |
| 8. * | whose like has never been created in any other land. |
| 9. * | (Also consider how He dealt with) the Thamud, who carved their houses out of the rocks in the valley. |
| 10. * | (Also consider the people of) the Pharaoh who victimized people by placing them on the stake, |
| 11. * | led rebellious lives, |
| 12. * | and spread much corruption in the land. |
| 13. * | Thus, your Lord afflicted them with torment; |
| 14. * | your Lord keeps an eye on (all evil-doing people). |
| 15. * | As for the human being, when his Lord tests him, honors him, and grants him bounty, he says, "God has honored me". |
| 16. * | However, when his Lord tests him by a measured amount of sustenance , he says, "God has disgraced me". |
| 17. * | (Since wealth does not necessarily guarantee everlasting happiness) then why do you not show kindness to the orphans, |
| 18. * | or urge one another to feed the destitute? |
| 19. * | Why do you take away the inheritance of others indiscriminately |
| 20. * | and why do you have an excessive love of riches? |
| 21. * | When the earth is crushed into small pieces |
| 22. * | and (when you find yourself) in the presence of your Lord and the rows and rows of angels, your greed for riches will certainly be of no avail to you. |
| 23. * | On that day, hell will be brought closer and the human being will come to his senses, but this will be of no avail to him. |
| 24. * | He will say, "Would that I had done some good deeds for this life". |
| 25. * | On that day the punishment of God and His detention will be unparalleled. |
| 26. * | And His bonds will be such as none other can bind. |
| 27. * | Serene soul, |
| 28. * | return to your Lord well pleased with him and He will be pleased with you. |
| 29. * | Enter among My servants |
| 30. * | into My Paradise. |