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

فَأَكثَروا فيهَا الفَسادَ

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِم رَبُّكَ سَوطَ عَذابٍ

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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

وَلا تَحاضّونَ عَلىٰ طَعامِ المِسكينِ

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأكُلونَ التُّراثَ أَكلًا لَمًّا

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,