Surah “The Dawn, Daybreak”

as rendered by Arthur John Arberry — 30 verses

89:1
By the daw
89:2
and ten nights
89:3
by the even and the odd
89:4
by the night when it journeys on
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Is there in that an oath for a mindful man
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Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad
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Iram of the pillars
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the like of which was never created in the land
89:9
and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley
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and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs
89:11
who all were insolent in the lan
89:12
and worked much corruption therein
89:13
Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement
89:14
surely thy Lord is ever on the watch
89:15
As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.
89:16
But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.
89:17
No indeed; but you honour not the orphan
89:18
and you urge not the feeding of the needy
89:19
and you devour the inheritance greedily
89:20
and you love wealth with an ardent love
89:21
No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder
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and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank
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and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him
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He shall say, 'O would that I had forwarded for my life!
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Upon that day none shall chastise as He chastises
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none shall bind as He binds
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'O soul at peace
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return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing
89:29
Enter thou among My servants
89:30
Enter thou My Paradise!