1"By the dawn"

3"And [by] the even [number] and the odd"

5"Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?"

7"[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,"

9"And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?"

2"And [by] ten nights"

4"And [by] the night when it passes,"

6"Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -"

8"The likes of whom had never been created in the land?"

10"And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -"