| | Linda “iLHam” Barto rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | Consider the dawn. |
| 89:2 | | Consider the [first] ten nights [of the formal pilgrimage]. |
| 89:3 | | Consider the even and the odd. |
| 89:4 | | Consider the passing night. |
| 89:5 | | In these, can evidence not be found by those with understanding? |
| 89:6 | | Have you not seen what your Lord did to the Ad? |
| 89:7 | | [Have you not seen what He did] to Iram having lofty pillars? |
| 89:8 | | [Those cities] were not like any other in the land. |
| 89:9 | | [Consider] also the Thamud who cut through rocks in the valley. |
| 89:10 | | [Consider] also Pharaoh, lord of stakes. |
| 89:11 | | They sinned beyond boundaries in the lands. |
| 89:12 | | [They] created chaos within. |
| 89:13 | | Therefore, your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment. |
| 89:14 | | Truly, your Lord is always watching. |
| 89:15 | | As for the human, when his/her Lord tests him/her through generosity and favor, he/she (brags), “My Lord blesses me.” |
| 89:16 | | But when He tests him/her by restricting provision, he/she (complains), “My Lord humiliates me.” |
| 89:17 | | Ridiculous! Ridiculous! You do not even help the orphans! |
| 89:18 | | You do not encourage one another to feed the poor! |
| 89:19 | | You greedily devour inheritance. |
| 89:20 | | You love wealth with an unhealthy love. |
| 89:21 | | Oh, when Earth is pounded to smithereens! |
| 89:22 | | [When] your Lord comes, along with angels, rank upon rank! |
| 89:23 | | [When] Hell, that day, is presented! That is the day that humanity will remember. How will that remembrance be of value then? |
| 89:24 | | A person will say, “Oh, if only I had invested in my life!” |
| 89:25 | | That day, (God’s) punishment will be like no other affliction. |
| 89:26 | | His containment will be like no other imprisonment. |
| 89:27 | | [To the righteous soul will be said,] “O Soul at peace! |
| 89:28 | | Return to Your Lord, well pleased and well pleasing to Him. |
| 89:29 | | Enter and be among My servants. |
| 89:30 | | Enter My Paradise!” |
