Para : 30 Verses : 30 Ruku : 1 Makki Surah _____________________________________________ 1. By the dawn; 2. By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah), 3. And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah). 4. And by the night when it departs. 5. There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)! 6. Did you (O Muhammad ( )) not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)? 7. Who were very tall like lofty pillars, 8. The like of which were not created in the land? 9. And (with) Thamud (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)? 10. And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)? 11. Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedienc...