Al-Fajr
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
And [by] ten nights
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -