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."

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."

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 -

وَجاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,