Various Peoples

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with Ad

89:6Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

The people of Iram, with towering pillars

89:7With many-columned Iram,

The likes of which were never built in the land?

89:8The like of which was not created in the lands;

And Thamud, who carved their dwellings into the valley?

89:9And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

And Pharaoh, lord of mighty structures?

89:10And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

They all transgressed in the lands

89:11Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

Spreading corruption far and wide.

89:12And multiplied iniquity therein?

So your Lord unleashed upon them a scourge of punishment.

89:13Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful.

89:14Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

As for man, when his Lord tests him, honouring him and granting him ease, he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”

89:15As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

But when He tests him by restricting his provision, he says, “My Lord has humiliated me.”

89:16But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

No! You do not honour the orphan

89:17Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.

89:18And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

You greedily consume inheritance

89:19And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

And love wealth with an obsessive love.

89:20And love wealth with abounding love.