| 089.000 The Dawn
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| 089.001 |
By the Dawn |
| 089.002 |
And ten nights, |
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And the Even and the Odd, |
| 089.004 |
And the night when it departeth, |
| 089.005 |
There surely is an oath for thinking man. |
| 089.006 |
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad, |
| 089.007 |
With many-columned Iram, |
| 089.008 |
The like of which was not created in the lands; |
| 089.009 |
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley; |
| 089.010 |
And with Pharaoh, firm of might, |
| 089.011 |
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands, |
| 089.012 |
And multiplied iniquity therein ? |
| 089.013 |
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment. |
| 089.014 |
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful. |
| 089.015 |
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me. |
| 089.016 |
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me. |
| 089.017 |
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan |
| 089.018 |
And urge not on the feeding of the poor. |
| 089.019 |
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed. |
| 089.020 |
And love wealth with abounding love. |
| 089.021 |
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding, |
| 089.022 |
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank, |
| 089.023 |
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ? |
| 089.024 |
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life! |
| 089.025 |
None punisheth as He will punish on that day! |
| 089.026 |
None bindeth as He then will bind. |
| 089.027 |
But ah! thou soul at peace! |
| 089.028 |
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! |
| 089.029 |
Enter thou among My bondmen! |
| 089.030 |
Enter thou My Garden! |
