Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],