1.By the dawn,1 2.and the ten nights,1 3.and the even and the odd, 4.and the night when it passes! 5.Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense? 6.Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd— 7.˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature, 8.unmatched in any other land; 9.and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley; 10.and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?1 11.They all transgressed throughout the land, 12.spreading much corruption there. 13.So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.1 14.˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant. 15.Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”