Al-Fajr

By the dawn,

and the ten nights,

and the even and the odd,

and by the night when it departs.

Is there in this an oath for one endowed with understanding?

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with Ad

of Iram, known for their lofty columns,

the like of whom no nation was ever created in the lands of the world?

And how did He deal with Thamud who hewed out rocks in the valley?

And with Pharaoh of the tent pegs