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.”
وَأَمّا إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيهِ رِزقَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَهانَنِ
Yet, when He tests him and restricts his provision, he says, “My Lord has humiliated me.”
كَلّا ۖ بَل لا تُكرِمونَ اليَتيمَ
But no! You don’t honor the orphan.
وَلا تَحاضّونَ عَلىٰ طَعامِ المِسكينِ
And you don’t encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَتَأكُلونَ التُّراثَ أَكلًا لَمًّا
And you devour inheritance with all greed.
وَتُحِبّونَ المالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with vehement love.
كَلّا إِذا دُكَّتِ الأَرضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
When the earth is leveled, pounded, and pulverized.