| | Sayyid Qutb rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | By the dawn, |
| 89:2 | | by the ten nights, |
| 89:3 | | by that which is even and that which is odd, |
| 89:4 | | by the night as it journeys on! |
| 89:5 | | Is there not in that an oath for a man of sense? |
| 89:6 | | Have you not heard how your Lord dealt with the 'Ä€d, |
| 89:7 | | the people of Iram, the many- pillared [city], |
| 89:8 | | the like of whom has never been created in the whole land? |
| 89:9 | | And with the Thamūd, who hollowed out rocks in the valley? |
| 89:10 | | And with Pharaoh, of the tent- pegs? |
| 89:11 | | They were all transgressors throughout their lands, |
| 89:12 | | bringing about much corruption there. |
| 89:13 | | Therefore, your Lord let loose on them the scourge of suffering. |
| 89:14 | | Your Lord surely observes all. |
| 89:15 | | As for man, whenever his Lord tries him by His generosity and with a life of ease, he says, 'My Lord is bountiful to me.' |
| 89:16 | | But whenever He tries him by stinting his means, he says, 'My Lord has disgraced me.' |
| 89:17 | | No indeed; but you are not generous towards the orphan, |
| 89:18 | | nor do you urge one another to feed the needy. 18 |
| 89:19 | | You devour the inheritance [of others] greedily, |
| 89:20 | | and you love wealth passionately. |
| 89:21 | | No indeed! When the earth is systematically levelled down, |
| 89:22 | | and your Lord comes, with the angels rank on rank, |
| 89:23 | | and on that day, hell is brought near, then man will remember, but how will that remembrance avail him? |
| 89:24 | | He shall say, 'Oh, would that I had prepared for my life!' |
| 89:25 | | On that day, none will punish as He punishes, |
| 89:26 | | and none will bind with chains as He binds. (2 |
| 89:27 | | 'Oh soul at peace! |
| 89:28 | | Return to your Lord, well pleased and well pleasing. |
| 89:29 | | Enter, then, together with My servants! |
| 89:30 | | Enter My paradise!' |
