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Translation of page 593

1. 88:23

   However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

2. 88:24

   Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

3. 88:25

   Indeed, to Us is their return.

4. 88:26

   Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

5. 89:1

   By the dawn

6. 89:2

   And [by] ten nights

7. 89:3

   And [by] the even [number] and the odd

8. 89:4

   And [by] the night when it passes,

9. 89:5

   Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

10. 89:6

    Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

11. 89:7

    [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

12. 89:8

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

13. 89:9

    And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

14. 89:10

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

15. 89:11

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

16. 89:12

    And increased therein the corruption.

17. 89:13

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

18. 89:14

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

19. 89:15

    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."

20. 89:16

    But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

21. 89:17

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

22. 89:18

    And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

23. 89:19

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

24. 89:20

    And you love wealth with immense love.

25. 89:21

    No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

26. 89:22

    And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,