Surah 89 The Dawn - Al-Fajr, 30 verses (Makka)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- By the break of Day
- By the Nights twice five;
- By the even and odd (contrasted);
- And by the Night when it passeth away;-
- Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence)
for those who understand?
- Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad
(people),-
- Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
- The like of which were not produced in (all) the
land?
- And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge)
rocks in the valley?-
- And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
- (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the
lands,
- And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
- Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of
diverse chastisements:
- For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
- Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving
him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My
Lord hath honoured me."
- But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence
for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath
humiliated me!"
- Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
- Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
- And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
- And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
- Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
- And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon
rank,
- And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on
that Day will man remember, but how will that
remembrance profit him?
- He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good
deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
- For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as
none (else) can inflict,
- And His bonds will be such as none (other) can
bind.
- (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou)
soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
- "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased
(thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
- "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
- "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Quran
Surah 88 The Overwhelming
Surah 89 The Dawn
Surah 90 The City