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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful | | بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
by the dawn (1) | | وَالْفَجْرِ ﴿1﴾ |
and ten nights (of pilgrimage or the last ten days of ramadan), (2) | | وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿2﴾ |
by the even, and the odd, (3) | | وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ ﴿3﴾ |
by the night when it journeys on! (4) | | وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿4﴾ |
is there in that an oath for the mindful? (5) | | هَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ ﴿5﴾ |
have you not heard how your lord dealt with aad? (6) | | أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿6﴾ |
of the columned (city) of iram, (7) | | إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ ﴿7﴾ |
the like of which was never created in the countries? (8) | | الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ ﴿8﴾ |
and thamood, who hewed out the rocks of the valley? (9) | | وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ ﴿9﴾ |
and pharaoh, of the pegs (impaling his victims)? (10) | | وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ ﴿10﴾ |