| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | CONSIDER the daybrea |
| 89:1 | | CONSIDER the daybrea |
| 89:2 | | and the ten nights |
| 89:2 | | and the ten nights |
| 89:3 | | Consider the multiple and the One |
| 89:3 | | Consider the multiple and the One |
| 89:4 | | Consider the night as it runs its course |
| 89:4 | | Consider the night as it runs its course |
| 89:5 | | Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth |
| 89:5 | | Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth |
| 89:6 | | ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer has dealt with [the tribe of] ‘Ad |
| 89:6 | | ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer has dealt with [the tribe of] ‘Ad |
| 89:7 | | [the people of] Iram the many-pillared |
| 89:7 | | [the people of] Iram the many-pillared |
| 89:8 | | the like of whom has never been reared in all the land? &ndash |
| 89:8 | | the like of whom has never been reared in all the land? &ndash |
| 89:9 | | and with [the tribe of] Thamud, who hollowed out rocks in the valley? &ndash |
| 89:9 | | and with [the tribe of] Thamud, who hollowed out rocks in the valley? &ndash |
| 89:10 | | and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles |
| 89:10 | | and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles |
| 89:11 | | [It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands |
| 89:11 | | [It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands |
| 89:12 | | and brought about great corruption therein |
| 89:12 | | and brought about great corruption therein |
| 89:13 | | and therefore thy Sustainer let loose upon them a scourge of suffering |
| 89:13 | | and therefore thy Sustainer let loose upon them a scourge of suffering |
| 89:14 | | for, verily, thy Sustainer is ever on the watch |
| 89:14 | | for, verily, thy Sustainer is ever on the watch |
| 89:15 | | BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me" |
| 89:15 | | BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me" |
| 89:16 | | whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!" |
| 89:16 | | whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!" |
| 89:17 | | But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan |
| 89:17 | | But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan |
| 89:18 | | and you do not urge one another to feed the needy |
| 89:18 | | and you do not urge one another to feed the needy |
| 89:19 | | and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed |
| 89:19 | | and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed |
| 89:20 | | and you love wealth with boundless love |
| 89:20 | | and you love wealth with boundless love |
| 89:21 | | Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing |
| 89:21 | | Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing |
| 89:22 | | and [the majesty of] thy Sustainer stands revealed, as well as [the true nature of] the angels; rank upon rank |
| 89:22 | | and [the majesty of] thy Sustainer stands revealed, as well as [the true nature of] the angels; rank upon rank |
| 89:23 | | And on that Day hell will be brought [within sight]; on that Day man will remember [all that he did and failed to do]: but what will that remembrance avail him |
| 89:23 | | And on that Day hell will be brought [within sight]; on that Day man will remember [all that he did and failed to do]: but what will that remembrance avail him |
| 89:24 | | He will say, "Oh, would that I had. provided beforehand for my life [to come]!" |
| 89:24 | | He will say, "Oh, would that I had. provided beforehand for my life [to come]!" |
| 89:25 | | For, none can make suffer as He will make suffer [the sinners] on that Day |
| 89:25 | | For, none can make suffer as He will make suffer [the sinners] on that Day |
| 89:26 | | and none can bind with bonds like His |
| 89:26 | | and none can bind with bonds like His |
| 89:27 | | [But unto the righteous God will say,] "O thou human being that hast attained to inner peace |
| 89:27 | | [But unto the righteous God will say,] "O thou human being that hast attained to inner peace |
| 89:28 | | Return thou unto thy Sustainer, well-pleased [and] pleasing [Him] |
| 89:28 | | Return thou unto thy Sustainer, well-pleased [and] pleasing [Him] |
| 89:29 | | enter, then, together with My [other true] servants &ndash |
| 89:29 | | enter, then, together with My [other true] servants &ndash |
| 89:30 | | yea, enter thou My paradise!" |
| 89:30 | | yea, enter thou My paradise!" |
