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89. Al-Fajr - The Dawn
| 1 | By the dawn |
| 2 | and ten nights, |
| 3 | by the even and the odd, |
| 4 | by the night when it journeys on! |
| 5 | Is there in that an oath for a mindful man? |
| 6 | Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad, |
| 7 | Iram of the pillars, |
| 8 | the like of which was never created in the land, |
| 9 | and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley, |
| 10 | and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs, |
| 11 | who all were insolent in the land |
| 12 | and worked much corruption therein? |
| 13 | Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement; |
| 14 | surely thy Lord is ever on the watch. |
| 15 | As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.' |
| 16 | But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.' |
| 17 | No indeed; but you honour not the orphan, |
| 18 | and you urge not the feeding of the needy, |
| 19 | and you devour the inheritance greedily, |
| 20 | and you love wealth with an ardent love |
| 21 | No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder, |
| 22 | and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank, |
| 23 | and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him? |
| 24 | He shall say, 'O would that I had forwarded for my life!' |
| 25 | Upon that day none shall chastise as He chastises, |
| 26 | none shall bind as He binds. |
| 27 | 'O soul at peace, |
| 28 | return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing! |
| 29 | Enter thou among My servants! |
| 30 | Enter thou My Paradise!' |