| Surah 89. Al-Fajr | |||
| 1 | By the Dawn | ||
| 2 | And ten nights, | ||
| 3 | And the Even and the Odd, | ||
| 4 | And the night when it departeth | ||
| 5 | There surely is an oath for thinking man. | ||
| 6 | Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with ( the tribe of ) Aad, | ||
| 7 | With many columned Iram, | ||
| 8 | The like of which was not created in the lands; | ||
| 9 | And with ( the tribe of ) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley; | ||
| 10 | And with Pharaoh, firm of right, | ||
| 11 | Who ( all ) were rebellious ( to Allah ) these lands, | ||
| 12 | And multiplied inquiry therein? | ||
| 13 | Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment. | ||
| 14 | Lo! thy Lord is ever. | ||
| 15 | As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me. | ||
| 16 | But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me. | ||
| 17 | Nay, but ye ( for your part ) honour not the orphan | ||
| 18 | And urge not on the feeding of the poor, | ||
| 19 | And ye devour heritages with devouring greed | ||
| 20 | And love wealth with abounding love. | ||
| 21 | Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding, | ||
| 22 | And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank, | ||
| 23 | And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance ( then avail him )? | ||
| 24 | He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me ( some provision ) for my life! | ||
| 25 | None punisheth as He will punish on that day! | ||
| 26 | None bindeth as He then will bind. | ||
| 27 | But ah! thou soul at peace! | ||
| 28 | Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! | ||
| 29 | Enter thou among My bondmen! | ||
| 30 | Enter thou My Garden! | ||