| | Safi Kaskas rendition of Surah The Dawn, Daybreak(al-Fajr)
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| 89:1 | | By the daybreak |
| 89:1 | | By the daybreak |
| 89:2 | | and by ten nights |
| 89:2 | | and by ten nights |
| 89:3 | | by the even and the odd |
| 89:3 | | by the even and the odd |
| 89:4 | | and by the night as it recedes, |
| 89:4 | | and by the night as it recedes, |
| 89:5 | | is there not in [all] that an oath for a rational person? |
| 89:5 | | is there not in [all] that an oath for a rational person? |
| 89:6 | | Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Aad, |
| 89:6 | | Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Aad, |
| 89:7 | | with Iram of the pillars, |
| 89:7 | | with Iram of the pillars, |
| 89:8 | | whose like was never created in any land, |
| 89:8 | | whose like was never created in any land, |
| 89:9 | | with Thamud, those who carved the rocks in the valley |
| 89:9 | | with Thamud, those who carved the rocks in the valley |
| 89:10 | | And with Pharaoh, of the stakes? |
| 89:10 | | And with Pharaoh, of the stakes? |
| 89:11 | | All of them committed excesses in the lands, |
| 89:11 | | All of them committed excesses in the lands, |
| 89:12 | | and spread much corruption there. |
| 89:12 | | and spread much corruption there. |
| 89:13 | | So your Lord poured on them a scourge of punishment. |
| 89:13 | | So your Lord poured on them a scourge of punishment. |
| 89:14 | | Your Lord is always watchful. |
| 89:14 | | Your Lord is always watchful. |
| 89:15 | | As for human being, whenever his Lord tests him, by honoring him, and blessing him, he says, "My Lord has honored me." |
| 89:15 | | As for human being, whenever his Lord tests him, by honoring him, and blessing him, he says, "My Lord has honored me." |
| 89:16 | | But when He tries him, and restricts his provision for him, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." |
| 89:16 | | But when He tries him, and restricts his provision for him, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." |
| 89:17 | | Not at all! It is you who are not generous with the orphans, |
| 89:17 | | Not at all! It is you who are not generous with the orphans, |
| 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 | | you who devour the inheritance [of others] with obvious greed |
| 89:19 | | you who devour the inheritance [of others] with obvious greed |
| 89:20 | | and you who passionately love wealth. |
| 89:20 | | and you who passionately love wealth. |
| 89:21 | | No indeed! When the earth is crushed, pounded and crushed |
| 89:21 | | No indeed! When the earth is crushed, pounded and crushed |
| 89:22 | | and your Lord comes with the angels, row after row, |
| 89:22 | | and your Lord comes with the angels, row after row, |
| 89:23 | | on that Day, Hell will be brought near. On that Day, the human being will remember, but what good will that be to him then? |
| 89:23 | | on that Day, Hell will be brought near. On that Day, the human being will remember, but what good will that be to him then? |
| 89:24 | | He will say, "I wish I had provided for this life to come." |
| 89:24 | | He will say, "I wish I had provided for this life to come." |
| 89:25 | | On that Day, none will punish as He punishes. |
| 89:25 | | On that Day, none will punish as He punishes. |
| 89:26 | | And none will shackle as severely as He shackles. |
| 89:26 | | And none will shackle as severely as He shackles. |
| 89:27 | | [To the righteous it will be said], "Tranquil soul, |
| 89:27 | | [To the righteous it will be said], "Tranquil soul, |
| 89:28 | | Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], |
| 89:28 | | Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], |
| 89:29 | | go in among My worshipers, |
| 89:29 | | go in among My worshipers, |
| 89:30 | | and into My Garden." |
| 89:30 | | and into My Garden." |
