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I swear by the daybreak,
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I swear by the daybreak,
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And the even and the odd,
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And the night when it departs.
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Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
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Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
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(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
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The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
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And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
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And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
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Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
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So they made great mischief therein?
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Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
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Most sure!y your Lord is watching.
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And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
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But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
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Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
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Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
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And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
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And you love wealth with exceeding love.
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Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
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And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
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He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
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But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
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And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
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O soul that art at rest!
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Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
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So enter among My servants,
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And enter into My garden.
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