By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah).
QURAN 89:2
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
QURAN 89:3
And by the night when it departs.
QURAN 89:4
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)!
QURAN 89:5
Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)?
QURAN 89:6
(The people of Aram) Who were very tall like lofty pillars,
QURAN 89:7
The like of which were not created in the land?
QURAN 89:8
And (with) Thamud (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
QURAN 89:9
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)?
QURAN 89:10
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
QURAN 89:11
And made therein much mischief.
QURAN 89:12
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
QURAN 89:13
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
QURAN 89:14
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me."
QURAN 89:15
But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
QURAN 89:16
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
QURAN 89:17
And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskin (the poor)!
QURAN 89:18
And you devour inheritance all with greed,
QURAN 89:19
And you love wealth with much love!
QURAN 89:20
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder,
QURAN 89:21
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows,
QURAN 89:22
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
QURAN 89:23
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
QURAN 89:24
So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish.
QURAN 89:25
And none will bind as He will bind.
QURAN 89:26
(It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
QURAN 89:27
"Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him!