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1.  *     By the break of Day     By the dawn.     And/by the dawn     swr+ alfjr bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ?_ walfjr
 
2.  *     By the Nights twice five;     And the ten nights.     And/by ten nights.     wlyal `$r
 
3.  *     By the even and odd (contrasted);     By the even and the odd.     And/by the double/even number, and the odd/singular/uneven.     wal$f` walwtr
 
4.  *     And by the Night when it passeth away;-     By the night as it passes.     And/by the night when (it) goes/departs.     wallyl aXa ysr
 
5.  *     Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?     A profound oath, for one who possesses intelligence.     Is in that an oath to (those) of (E) a mind?     hl fy Xlk qsm lXy Hjr
 
6.  *     Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-     Have you noted what your Lord did to `Aad?     Did you not see/understand how your Lord made/did with Aad?     alm tr kyf f`l rbk b`ad
 
7.  *     Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,     Erum; the town with tall buildings.     Iram that of the pillars/posts ?     arm Xat al`mad
 
8.  *     The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?     There was nothing like it anywhere.     Which was not created similar/equal to it in the countries/cities ?     alty lm yKlq mxlha fy alblad
 
9.  *     And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-     Also Thamoud, who carved the rocks in their valley.     And Thamud who pierced/penetrated the rock/rock terrain at the valley?     wxmwd alXyn jabwa alSKr balwad
 
10.  *     And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?     And Pharaoh who possessed might.     And Pharaoh that of the stakes/pegs/nails ?     wfr`wn Xy alawtad
 
11.  *     (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,     They all transgressed in the land.     Those who tyrannized/exceeded the limit in the countries/cities.     alXyn TGwa fy alblad
 
12.  *     And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).     They spread evil throughout.     So they increased (made too much) in it the corruption.     fakxrwa fyha alfsad
 
13.  *     Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:     Consequently, your Lord poured upon them a whipping retribution.     So your Lord poured on them (the) torture's intensity/severity.     fSb `lyhm rbk swT `Xab
 
14.  *     For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.     Your Lord is ever watchful.     That truly your Lord (is) at the watch/observation/ambuscade (E).     an rbk lbalmrSad
 
15.  *     Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."     When the human being is tested by his Lord, through blessings and joy, he says, "My Lord is generous towards me."     So but the human/mankind when as long as his Lord tested him, so he honoured him and He blessed/comforted and eased him, so he says: "My Lord honored me."     fama alansan aXa maabtlah rbh fakrmh wn`mh fyqwl rby akrmn
 
16.  *     But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"     But if He tests him through reduction in provisions, he says, "My Lord is humiliating me!"     And but when as long as He tested him, so He tightened/strained on him His/his provision, so he says: "My Lord humiliated/disgraced/degraded me."     wama aXa maabtlah fqdr `lyh rzqh fyqwl rby ahann
 
17.  *     Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!     Wrong! It is you who brought it on yourselves by not regarding the orphan.     No but, you do not honour/be kind/generous (to) the orphan.     kla bl latkrmwn alytym
 
18.  *     Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-     And not advocating charity towards the poor.     And nor you urge/insight/influence on feeding the poorest of poor/poor oppressed.     wlatHaDwn `li T`am almskyn
 
19.  *     And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,     And consuming the inheritance of helpless orphans.     And you eat the inheritance accumulatively/collectively gluttony.     wtaklwn altrax akla lma
 
20.  *     And ye love wealth with inordinate love!     And loving the money too much.     And you love/like the property/possession/wealth lovingly excessively.     wtHbwn almal Hba jma
 
21.  *     Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,     Indeed, when the earth is crushed, utterly crushed.     No but, when/if the earth/Planet Earth was hammered down/crushed, crushingly/destroyingly,crushingly/destroyingly.     kla aXa dkt alarD dka dka
 
22.  *     And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,     And your Lord comes, together with the angels in row after row.     And your Lord came and the angels (in) a row/arranged (after) a row/arranged.     wja' rbk walmlk Sfa Sfa
 
23.  *     And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?     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.     And came (on) that day with Hell ; that day the human/mankind remembers/mentions, and from where (is) for him the remembrance/reminder?     wjyY ywmYX bjhnm ywmYX ytXkr alansan wani lh alXkri
 
24.  *     He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"     He will say, "Oh, I wish I prepared for my (eternal) life."     He says: "Oh if only I advanced/presented/preceded for my life."     yqwl yalytny qdmt lHyaty
 
25.  *     For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,     On that day, no retribution could be worse than His retribution.     So (on) that day no one tortures His torture.     fywmYX lay`Xb `Xabh aHd
 
26.  *     And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.     And no confinement is as effective as His confinement.     And no one ties/chains/affirms His tying/chaining (restraining).     wlaywxq wxaqh aHd
 
27.  *     (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!     As for you, O content soul.     You, you the self, the assured/tranquil.     yaaytha alnfs almTmYn+
 
28.  *     "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!     Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing.     Return to your Lord accepting/approving, accepted/approved.     arj`y ali rbk raDy+ mrDy+
 
29.  *     "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!     Welcome into My servants.     So enter in (among) My worshippers/servants.     fadKly fy `bady
 
30.  *     "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!     Welcome into My Paradise.     And enter My treed garden/paradise.469     wadKly jnty