وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
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And Thamood, who hewed out the rocks of the valley? (9)
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
﴿۱۰﴾
And Pharaoh, of the pegs (impaling his victims)? (10)
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
﴿۱۱﴾
They were tyrants in the land (11)
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
﴿۱۲﴾
and exceeded in corruption therein. (12)
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
﴿۱۳﴾
(Therefore) your Lord let loose upon them a scourge of punishment; (13)
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
﴿۱۴﴾
indeed, your Lord is ever watchful. (14)
فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
﴿۱۵﴾
As for man, when his Lord tests him by honoring him and favoring him, he says: 'My Lord, has honored me. ' (15)
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
﴿۱۶﴾
But when He tests him by restricting his provision, he says: 'My Lord has humiliated me. ' (16)
كَلَّا بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
﴿۱۷﴾
No! But you show no good to the orphan, (17)
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
﴿۱۸﴾
nor do you urge one another to feed the needy. (18)
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