The Quran (English) — Yusuf Ali

By the break of Day

By the Nights twice five

By the even and odd (contrasted)

And by the Night when it passeth away

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people)

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief)

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed

And ye love wealth with inordinate love

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction

Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him

Enter thou, then, among My devotees

Yea, enter thou My Heaven