وَالْفَجْرِ
1. By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
2. And [by] ten nights
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
3. And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
4. And [by] the night when it passes,
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ
5. Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
6. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
7. [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
8. The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
9. And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
10. And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -