إِرَمَ ذاتِ العِمادِ

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

الَّتي لَم يُخلَق مِثلُها فِي البِلادِ

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

وَثَمودَ الَّذينَ جابُوا الصَّخرَ بِالوادِ

And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

وَفِرعَونَ ذِي الأَوتادِ

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

الَّذينَ طَغَوا فِي البِلادِ

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِم رَبُّكَ سَوطَ عَذابٍ

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالمِرصادِ

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا الإِنسانُ إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَكرَمَنِ

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."

وَأَمّا إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيهِ رِزقَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَهانَنِ

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

كَلّا ۖ بَل لا تُكرِمونَ اليَتيمَ

No! But you do not honor the orphan