By the dawn  

وَالْفَجْرِ  

And ˹by˺ ten nights  

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ  

And ˹by˺ the even ˹number˺ and the odd  

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ  

And ˹by˺ the night when it passes,  

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ  

Is there ˹not˺ in ˹all˺ that an oath ˹sufficient˺ for one of perception?  

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ  

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -  

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ  

˹With˺ Iram - who had lofty pillars,  

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ  

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?  

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ  

And ˹with˺ Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?  

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ  

And ˹with˺ Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -  

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ  

˹All of˺ whom oppressed within the lands  

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ  

And increased therein the corruption.  

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ  

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.  

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ  

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.  

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ