| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | BY THE Daw |
| 89:2 | | and the Ten Nights¹ |
| 89:3 | | by that which is dual, and that which is single |
| 89:4 | | by the night, as it journeys on |
| 89:5 | | Is there not in this a mighty oath for a man of sense |
| 89:6 | | Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād |
| 89:7 | | The many-columned city of Iram |
| 89:8 | | whose like has never been created in the land |
| 89:9 | | And Thamūd, who hewed out their dwellings among the rocks of the valley |
| 89:10 | | And Pharaoh, who impaled his victims upon the stake |
| 89:11 | | They had all led sinful lives |
| 89:12 | | and made the land teem with wickedness |
| 89:13 | | Therefore your Lord let loose on them the scourge of a torment |
| 89:14 | | for from His eminence your Lord observes all |
| 89:15 | | As for man, when his Lord tests him by honouring him and bestowing blessings on him, he says: ‘My Lord has honoured me.&lsquo |
| 89:16 | | But when He tests him by diminishing his provisions, he says: ‘My Lord despises me.&lsquo |
| 89:17 | | No! But you show no kindness to the orphan |
| 89:18 | | nor do you vie with each other in feeding the destitute |
| 89:19 | | Greedily you lay your hands on the inheritance of the weak |
| 89:20 | | and you love riches with all your hearts |
| 89:21 | | No! But when the earth is crushed to fine dust |
| 89:22 | | and your Lord comes down with the angels, in their ranks |
| 89:23 | | and Hell is on that day brought near ― on that day man will remember. And what will remembrance avail him |
| 89:24 | | He will say: ‘Would that I had been charitable in my lifetime!&lsquo |
| 89:25 | | But on that day none will punish as He will punish |
| 89:26 | | and none will bind with chains like His |
| 89:27 | | O serene soul |
| 89:28 | | Return to your Lord, well pleased, and pleasing in His sight |
| 89:29 | | Join My servant |
| 89:30 | | and enter My Paradise |
