فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
12. And increased therein the corruption.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
13. So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
15. And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
16. But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
1. I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
1. By the sun and its brightness
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
2. And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
3. And [by] the day when it displays it
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
4. And [by] the night when it covers it
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
5. And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
