| | Syed Vickar Ahamed rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | By the break of Day; (Allah swears by the Dawn of the Day |
| 89:2 | | And by the ten nights |
| 89:3 | | And by the even and odd (contrasted) |
| 89:4 | | And by the night when it passes away; &mdash |
| 89:5 | | Is there (not) in these a Sign for those who understand |
| 89:6 | | Do you not see how your Mighty Lord dealt with the people of 'Ad &mdash |
| 89:7 | | (And with the people) of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars |
| 89:8 | | Which have not been reproduced in (all) the land |
| 89:9 | | And with the people of Samood (Thamud) who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? &mdash |
| 89:10 | | And with Firon (Pharaoh), the lord of stakes |
| 89:11 | | These (people) exceeded beyond limits in the lands |
| 89:12 | | And here (they) piled mischief (upon mischief) |
| 89:13 | | Therefore did your Mighty Lord send upon them very lowly punishments |
| 89:14 | | Because your (Mighty) Lord is (like a Guardian) on a watch tower |
| 89:15 | | Now, as for man, when his Mighty Lord tries him (by) giving him honor and gifts then he (proudly) says, "My Mighty Lord has honored me." |
| 89:16 | | But when He tries him, (by) restricting his livelihood for him, then he says (in despair), "My Mighty Lord has put me to shame!" |
| 89:17 | | No, no! But you do not honor the orphans |
| 89:18 | | Nor do you encourage one another to feed the poor! &mdash |
| 89:19 | | And you (wrongly) consume inheritance— With all (the) greed |
| 89:20 | | And you love wealth with passion |
| 89:21 | | No! When the earth is pounded to powder |
| 89:22 | | And your Mighty Lord arrives and His angels, rank upon rank |
| 89:23 | | And on that Day, (when) Hell is brought (face to face), — On that Day will man remember, but (alas!) how will that remembrance profit him |
| 89:24 | | He (the man) will say: "Ah! Had I sent forward (good deeds) for my (future) Life!" |
| 89:25 | | Because, that Day, his punishment will be such like no one (else) can inflict |
| 89:26 | | And His bonds will be such as none (else) can bind |
| 89:27 | | (To the righteous person will be said:) "O, (you) soul, with (complete) rest and satisfaction |
| 89:28 | | "Come back you to your Lord,— Well pleased (yourself), and well-pleasing to Him |
| 89:29 | | "Enter you, among My devotees |
| 89:30 | | "Yes, enter you My heaven!" |
