| | Aisha Bewley rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | By the dawn |
| 89:2 | | and ten nights, |
| 89:3 | | and the even and odd, |
| 89:4 | | and the night when it travels on, |
| 89:5 | | is there not in that an oath for the intelligent? |
| 89:6 | | Do you not see what your Lord did with ´Ad — |
| 89:7 | | Iram of the Columns |
| 89:8 | | whose like was not created in any land — |
| 89:9 | | and Thamud who carved out rocks in the valley-side, |
| 89:10 | | and Pharaoh of the Stakes, |
| 89:11 | | all of whom were tyrants in their lands |
| 89:12 | | and caused much corruption in them? |
| 89:13 | | So your Lord unleashed on them a scourging punishment; |
| 89:14 | | your Lord is always lying in wait. |
| 89:15 | | As for man, when his Lord tests him by honouring him and favouring him, he says, ´My Lord has honoured me!´ |
| 89:16 | | But then when He tests him by restricting his provision, he says, ´My Lord has humiliated me!´ |
| 89:17 | | No indeed! You do not honour orphans |
| 89:18 | | nor do you urge the feeding of the poor; |
| 89:19 | | you devour inheritance with voracious appetites |
| 89:20 | | and you have an insatiable love of wealth. |
| 89:21 | | No indeed! When the earth is crushed and ground to dust |
| 89:22 | | and your Lord arrives with the angels rank upon rank |
| 89:23 | | and that Day Hell is produced, that Day man will remember; but how will the remembrance help him? |
| 89:24 | | He will say, ´Oh! If only I had prepared in advance for this life of mine!´ |
| 89:25 | | That Day no one will punish as He punishes |
| 89:26 | | and no one will shackle as He shackles. |
| 89:27 | | ´O self at rest and at peace, |
| 89:28 | | return to your Lord, well-pleasing and well-pleased! |
| 89:29 | | Enter among My slaves! |
| 89:30 | | Enter My Garden.´ |
