89. Fexhr · verses 3–12

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

By the even and odd (contrasted);

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

Waallayli itha yasri

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the ´Ad (people),-

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

Irama thati alAAimadi

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).