In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ By the dawn,¹

² And ten nights,¹

³ And the even and the odd,

⁴ And the night when he¹ departs!²

⁵ Is there not in that an oath for one of intelligence?¹

⁶ Hast thou not considered¹ how thy Lord did with ʿĀd,

⁷ Iram of the pillars,

⁸ The like of which had never been created in the land,

⁹ And Thamūd who hollowed the rocks in the valley,

¹⁰ And Pharaoh,¹ the Lord of Stakes

¹¹ Who transgressed all bounds in the lands,

¹² And increased corruption therein?

¹³ So thy Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

¹⁴ Thy Lord is ever watchful.¹

¹⁵ And as for man, when his Lord tries him, and honours him, and favours him, he says: “My Lord has honoured me.”

¹⁶ But when He tries him, and straitens his provision, he says: “My Lord has humiliated me.”

¹⁷ No, indeed!¹ The truth is,² you honour not the fatherless,³

¹⁸ Nor encourage one another to feed the needy,

¹⁹ But consume the inheritance with greed,¹

²⁰ And love wealth with much love.

²¹ No, indeed!¹ When the earth is ground to powder,²

²² And thy Lord comes — and the angels, rank upon rank —

²³ And Gehenna, that day, is brought: that day will man take heed; but how will the reminder be for him?

²⁴ He will say: “Would that I had sent ahead for my life!”

²⁵ And — that day — none will punish as His punishment,

²⁶ And none will bind as His binding.

²⁷ “O thou soul at peace:

²⁸ “Return thou to thy Lord — well-pleased and well-pleasing,

²⁹ “And enter thou among My servants.

³⁰ “And enter thou My garden.”