هَل في ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذي حِجرٍ

Is there in this an oath for a man of sense?

أَلَم تَرَ كَيفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعادٍ

Didn’t you see how your Lord dealt with Aad?

إِرَمَ ذاتِ العِمادِ

Iram of the pillars.

الَّتي لَم يُخلَق مِثلُها فِي البِلادِ

The likes of which had never been created in the lands.

وَثَمودَ الَّذينَ جابُوا الصَّخرَ بِالوادِ

And Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

الَّذينَ طَغَوا فِي البِلادِ

All of them transgressed within their lands.

فَأَكثَروا فيهَا الفَسادَ

Spreading rampant corruption and chaos.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِم رَبُّكَ سَوطَ عَذابٍ

Therefore, your Lord poured upon them a whip of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالمِرصادِ

Your Lord lies in ambush.

فَأَمَّا الإِنسانُ إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَكرَمَنِ

As for man: when his Lord tests him, honors him, and blesses him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”