(89:1) By the dawn (89:2) And [by] ten nights (89:3) And [by] the even [number] and the odd (89:4) And [by] the night when it passes, (89:5) Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception? (89:6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with `Aad - (89:7) [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars, (89:8) The likes of whom had never been created in the land? (89:9) And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley? (89:10) And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? - (89:11) [All of] whom oppressed within the lands (89:12) And increased therein the corruption. (89:13) So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment. (89:14) Indeed, your Lord is in observation. (89:15) And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me." (89:16) But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." (89:17) No! But you do not honor the orphan (89:18) And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor. (89:19) And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether, (89:20) And you love wealth with immense love. (89:21) No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed - (89:22) And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank, (89:23) And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance? (89:24) He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
