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89. Al-Fajr - The Dawn
| 1 | I CALL TO witness the dawn |
| 2 | And the Ten Nights, |
| 3 | The multiple and the one, |
| 4 | The night as it advances, |
| 5 | Is there not an evidence in this for those who have sense? |
| 6 | Have you not seen what your Lord did to the 'Ad |
| 7 | Of Eram with lofty pillars (erected as signposts in the desert), |
| 8 | The like of whom were never created in the realm; |
| 9 | And with Thamud who carved rocks in the valley; |
| 10 | And the mighty Pharaoh |
| 11 | Who terrorised the region, |
| 12 | And multiplied corruption. |
| 13 | So your Lord poured a scourge of punishment over them. |
| 14 | Your Lord is certainly in wait. |
| 15 | As for man, whenever his Lord tries him and then is gracious and provides good things for him, he says: "My Lord has been gracious to me." |
| 16 | But when He tries him by restraining his means, he says: "My Lord despises me." |
| 17 | No. In fact you are not generous to the orphans, |
| 18 | Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor, |
| 19 | And you devour (others') inheritance greedily, |
| 20 | And love wealth with all your heart. |
| 21 | Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust, |
| 22 | And comes your Lord, and angels row on row, |
| 23 | And Hell is brought near, that day will man remember, but of what avail will then remembering be? |
| 24 | He will say: "Alas the woe! Would that I had sent ahead something in my life." |
| 25 | None can punish as He will punish on that day, |
| 26 | And none can bind as He will bind. |
| 27 | O you tranquil soul, |
| 28 | Return to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing Him. |
| 29 | "Enter then among My votaries, |
| 30 | Enter then My garden." |