| | Bijan Moeinian rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | Hereby God swears by the dawn |
| 89:2 | | and by ten [important] nights [in Islam ( the first ten nights of Zul- Hadj or the last ten nights of Ramadan).] |
| 89:3 | | and by even and the odd [it may refer to the exactness of mathematics or to the he contrast] |
| 89:4 | | and by the night when it turns into the day |
| 89:5 | | Indeed in all these oaths there are subjects of thought for the thinkers |
| 89:6 | | Do you know how your Lord dealt with the nation of Ad [an ancient tribe who refused to submit themselves to the will of God and were accordingly dealt with] |
| 89:7 | | The residents of the city of Eram&hellip |
| 89:8 | | … who were living in such beautiful houses that nobody had built anything like it before |
| 89:9 | | And the nation of Thamud whose people had built their houses inside the rocky mountain |
| 89:10 | | And the mighty Pharaoh who&hellip |
| 89:11 | | …. was such a tyrant in governing his land |
| 89:12 | | They were merciless tyrants |
| 89:13 | | So your Lord punished them in earth with a portion of punishment which they will receive in the Hell |
| 89:14 | | Your Lord did that in order to remind mankind that He is watching |
| 89:15 | | When man is being tried in wealth [to see how he behaves], he considers it as a God’s reward |
| 89:16 | | When man is being tried in poverty [to see how he handles the situation], he considers it as a God’s punishment |
| 89:17 | | How awful of you people who&hellip |
| 89:18 | | … treat the orphan badly,&hellip |
| 89:19 | | … do not care about the hungry one, cheat each other from the inheritance and&hellip |
| 89:20 | | … love the wealth exceedingly |
| 89:21 | | Be mindful of a day that earth explodes with a quake and you will meet your Lord&hellip |
| 89:22 | | … being accompanied by the angles |
| 89:23 | | You will then be mindful when you see the Hell being shown to you |
| 89:24 | | Then man will be sorry that he has not sent any good deed as a preparation for his life after death |
| 89:25 | | God’s punishment (passed to the guilty one) on that day, is not comparable with any punishment that man has ever suffered with |
| 89:26 | | Man is never taken to account as he will be taken to account by God on that day |
| 89:27 | | The righteous one, on the contrary, will be offered a heavenly peace |
| 89:28 | | He will be said: “Come back to your Lord; He is pleased with you and you will be pleased with Him.&rdquo |
| 89:29 | | You deserve to be knighted as My servant;&hellip |
| 89:30 | | … enter into the Heaven and enjoy it |
