In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 
| |1*	By the Dawn 
| |2*	By the ten Nights; 
| |3*	By the Even and Odd (contrasted); 
| |4*	And by the Night when it passeth away;- 
| |5*	Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand? 
| |6*	Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the d (people),- 
| |7*	Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars, 
| |8*	The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? 
| |9*	And with the Thamd (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?- 
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