| | George Sale rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | By the day-break |
| 89:2 | | and then nights |
| 89:3 | | by that which is double, and that which is single |
| 89:4 | | and by the night when it cometh on |
| 89:5 | | Is there not in this an oath formed with understanding |
| 89:6 | | Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with Ad |
| 89:7 | | the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings |
| 89:8 | | the like whereof hath not been erected in the land |
| 89:9 | | and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley into houses |
| 89:10 | | and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes |
| 89:11 | | Who had behaved insolently in the earth |
| 89:12 | | and multiplied corruption therein |
| 89:13 | | Wherefore thy Lord poured on them various kinds of chastisement |
| 89:14 | | For thy Lord is surely in a watch-tower, whence He observeth the actions of men |
| 89:15 | | Moreover man, when his Lord trieth him by prosperity, and honoureth him, and is bounteous unto him, saith, my Lord honoureth me |
| 89:16 | | But when He proveth him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions from him, he saith, my Lord despiseth me |
| 89:17 | | By no means: But ye honour not the orphan |
| 89:18 | | neither do ye excite one another to feed the poor |
| 89:19 | | and ye devour the inheritance of the weak, with undistinguishing greediness |
| 89:20 | | and ye love riches, with much affection |
| 89:21 | | By no means should ye do thus. When the earth shall be minutely ground to dust |
| 89:22 | | and thy Lord shall come, and the angels rank by rank |
| 89:23 | | and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: On that day shall man call to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him |
| 89:24 | | He shall say, would to God that I had heretofore done good works in my life-time |
| 89:25 | | On that day none shall punish with his punishment |
| 89:26 | | nor shall any bind with his bonds |
| 89:27 | | O thou soul which art at rest |
| 89:28 | | return unto thy Lord, well pleased with thy reward, and well pleasing unto God |
| 89:29 | | Enter among my servants |
| 89:30 | | and enter my paradise |
