| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | By the dawn |
| 89:2 | | and the ten nights, |
| 89:3 | | by the even number and the odd number |
| 89:4 | | and at night when it sets out. |
| 89:5 | | Is there not in that an oath to be sworn for a possessor of intelligence? |
| 89:6 | | Hast thou not considered how thy Lord accomplished with Ad, |
| 89:7 | | with Iram of the pillars |
| 89:8 | | of which are not created the likes in the land? |
| 89:9 | | And with Thamud, those who hollowed out the rocks in the valley? |
| 89:10 | | And with Pharaoh, the possessor of the stakes, |
| 89:11 | | those who were defiant in the land |
| 89:12 | | and made much corruption in it? |
| 89:13 | | So thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of punishment. |
| 89:14 | | Truly, thy Lord is, surely, on the watch. |
| 89:15 | | Then, as for the human being, when his Lord tested him and honored him and lauded him, he says: My Lord honored me. |
| 89:16 | | But whenever He tested him and constricted his provision for him, he says: My Lord despised me. |
| 89:17 | | No indeed! Nay! You honor not the orphan |
| 89:18 | | and you encouraged not one another about food for the needy |
| 89:19 | | and you consume the inheritance, a greedy consuming, |
| 89:20 | | and you love wealth with an ardent cherishing. |
| 89:21 | | No indeed! When the earth will be ground to powder, ground to powder, ground to powder, |
| 89:22 | | and thy Lord will draw near, and the angels, ranged in rows, |
| 89:23 | | on the Day hell is brought about. On that Day the human being will recollect. And how will the reminder be for him? |
| 89:24 | | He will say: O would that I had put forward from this life for the world to come! |
| 89:25 | | Then, on that Day, He will punish no one the like of His punishment. |
| 89:26 | | And no one will bind as His restraints. |
| 89:27 | | O soul, one that is at peace! |
| 89:28 | | Return to thy Lord, one that is well-pleasing, well-pleased: |
| 89:29 | | Enter thou among My servants |
| 89:30 | | and thou enter My Garden! |
