| Translations | Suras |
| ENGLISH, M.H. SHAKIR | |
89 - The Daybreak | |
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. | |
| 1 | I swear by the daybreak, |
| 2 | I swear by the daybreak, |
| 3 | And the even and the odd, |
| 4 | And the night when it departs. |
| 5 | Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding. |
| 6 | Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad, |
| 7 | (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings, |
| 8 | The like of which were not created in the (other) cities; |
| 9 | And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley, |
| 10 | And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts, |
| 11 | Who committed inordinacy in the cities, |
| 12 | So they made great mischief therein? |
| 13 | Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement. |
| 14 | Most sure!y your Lord is watching. |
| 15 | And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me. |
| 16 | But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me. |
| 17 | Nay! but you do not honor the orphan, |
| 18 | Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor, |
| 19 | And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately, |
| 20 | And you love wealth with exceeding love. |
| 21 | Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces, |
| 22 | And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks, |
| 23 | And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him? |
| 24 | He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life! |
| 25 | But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement, |
| 26 | And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding. |
| 27 | O soul that art at rest! |
| 28 | Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him), |
| 29 | So enter among My servants, |
| 30 | And enter into My garden. |
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