89. al-Fajr: The Dawn
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) A'ad,
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
might,
11 Who (all) were rebellious
(to Allah) in these lands,
12 And multiplied iniquity therein
?
13 Therefore thy Lord poured
on them the disaster of His punishment.
14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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!
