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.

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."

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,

وَتُحِبّونَ المالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلّا إِذا دُكَّتِ الأَرضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -