فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
and spread corruption there:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
your Lord let a scourge of punishment loose on them.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Your Lord is always watchful.
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans,
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
you do not urge one another to feed the poor,
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
you consume inheritance greedily,
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
and you love wealth with a passion.