ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

They all transgressed throughout the land,


فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ

spreading much corruption there.


فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.1


إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ

˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.


فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ

Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”


وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”


كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ

Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,


وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.



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