Allah (may He be Exalted) swore by the dawn.

And swore by the first ten nights of Dhul-Hijjah (11th month of the Islamic lunar calendar).

And swore by the things that come as even and odd.

And swore by the night when it arrives, remains, and recedes. The complement of these oaths is: You will certainly be recompensed for your deeds.

Is there, in that which was mentioned, an oath that persuades the person of reason?

Do you not see, O Messenger, what your Lord did with 'Ād, the people of Hūd, when they rejected their Messenger?!

The tribe of 'Ād, which traced its lineage back to its forefather Iram, whose people were lofty in stature.

The likes of which Allah never created in the lands.

And [did you not see] how your Lord dealt with Thamūd, the people of Saleh, who would split the stones of the mountains and make homes out of them in the [Valley of] Al-Hijr?

And [did you not see] how your Lord dealt with Pharaoh, who had stakes with which he would torment people?

All these people transgressed the limits of compulsion and injustice; each [nation] transgressed them in their respective land.

So, their increased spreading of disbelief and acts of disobedience caused much corruption within it.

Subsequently, Allah made them suffer His severe torment and eradicated them from the face of the earth.

Indeed, your Lord, O Messenger, watches over and observes the people's actions, so as to recompense the virtuous with Paradise and the malevolent with the Fire.

As nations that Allah destroyed were blessed with power and protection, Allah clarifies that those blessings are not evidence of Allah being pleased with them, stating:

So, as for a human being, it is from his nature that when his Lord tests him such that He honors and blesses him with wealth, children, and prestige, he thinks that it is because he is held in esteem with Allah. Thus, He says: My Lord has honored me because I am worthy of being honored by Him.

And as for when He tests him such that He restricts his provision, then, indeed, he thinks it is because of his insignificance in the sight of his Lord. Thus, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

Nay, for the matter is not as this human envisions that life's bounty is evidence of Allah's contentment with His slave and that misfortune is evidence of the slave's dishonor in the sight of his Lord. Instead, the reality is that you do not honor the orphan with what Allah has provided you of provision.

Nor do you encourage each other to feed the poor, who cannot find anything to sustain themselves with.

You fiercely devour the rights of the weak, from women and orphans, without considering whether it is permissible.

And you love wealth abundantly, so you act miserly in spending it in the path of Allah, hanging onto it.

These actions are not befitting of you, for remember when the earth will be moved vigorously and shaken.

And your Lord will come, O Messenger, to judge between His slaves, and the angels will also come arranged in rows.

And on that day, Hell will be brought, having seventy thousand reins, each with seventy thousand angels dragging it. On that day, the human being will remember his shortcomings with Allah. But how will the realization on that day benefit him when that will be a day of recompense, not action?

He will say, out of intense regret: If only I had put forth good deeds for my Afterlife, which is the true life.

On that Day, no one will inflict punishment like Allah's punishment because it will be more severe and longer lasting.

Neither will anyone bind in chains like His binding of the disbelievers therein.

After mentioning the recompense of the disbelievers, Allah mentions the recompense of the believers, stating:

As for the believer's soul, it will be said to it at the time of death and on the Day of Resurrection: O sound soul, reassured through faith and righteous action,

Return to your Lord, pleased with Him because of the abundant reward you will receive, and Him (may He be Exalted) being pleased with you because of the righteous deeds you possess.

Now enter among My righteous slaves.

And enter with them into My Paradise, which I have prepared for them (i.e., My righteous slaves).