Ayah 1
By the dawn
Ayah 2
And [by] ten nights
Ayah 3
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
Ayah 4
And [by] the night when it passes,
Ayah 5
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Ayah 6
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
Ayah 7
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Ayah 8
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Ayah 9
And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Ayah 10
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?
Ayah 11
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Ayah 12
And increased therein the corruption.
Ayah 13
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Ayah 14
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.