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By the dawn

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And [by] ten nights

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And [by] the even [number] and the odd

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And [by] the night when it passes

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Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception

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Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

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[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

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The likes of whom had never been created in the land

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And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley

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And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

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[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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And increased therein the corruption

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So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

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Indeed, your Lord is in observation

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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

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But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me

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No! But you do not honor the orphan

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And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

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And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

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And you love wealth with immense love

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No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

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And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank

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And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance

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He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life

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So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment

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And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers]

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[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul

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Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him]

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And enter among My [righteous] servants

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And enter My Paradise