ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
- those who had rebelled in the cities,
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
and spread a lot of mischief therein.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
So, your Lord let loose on them the whip of torment.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Surely your Lord is ever on the watch.
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
As for man, when his Lord tests him, and thus gives him honour and bounties, he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
But when he tests him, and thus straitens his provision for him, he says, “My Lord has disgraced me.”
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
No! But you do not honour the orphan,
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
and do not encourage one another to feed the needy.
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
And you devour the inheritance with a sweeping gulp,