By the dawn,
and ten nights,
and the even and the odd,
and the night as it passes:
is there an oath in those for one with intelligence?
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with Aad,
Irum of the high pillars,
whose like was never created in any land?
And Thamoud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And Pharaoh of the stakes?
All those transgressed in the land
and increased the corruption therein.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Indeed, your Lord is on the watch.
Regarding the human being: if his Lord tests him by being generous to him and grants him blessings, he says, "My Lord has been generous to me."
But if He tests him by restricting his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Not so! Rather, you are not generous to the orphan.
And you do not advocate the feeding of the needy.
And you devour the inheritance with insatiable appetites.
And you love money with immense love.
No indeed! When the earth is reduced to rubble, utterly pounded and crushed,
and your Lord comes, with the angels, row after row,
and Hell is brought forth on that Day. On that Day, the human being will remember, but what good will the remembrance be for him?
He will say, "I wish I had put forward some good for my life."
On that Day, none will punish as His punishment,
and none will shackle as His shackles.
"O you content self,
return to your Lord, pleased and appeased.
So enter among My servants,
and enter My Paradise.