89 - The Daybreak |
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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. |
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| 1 | By the Dawn |
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| 2 | By the ten Nights; |
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| 3 | By the Even and Odd (contrasted); |
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| 4 | And by the Night when it passeth away;- |
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| 5 | Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand? |
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| 6 | Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Àd (people),- |
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| 7 | Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars, |
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| 8 | The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? |
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| 9 | And with the Thamüd (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?- |
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| 10 | And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes? |
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| 11 | (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands, |
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| 12 | And heaped therein mischief (on mischief). |
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| 13 | Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements: |
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| 14 | For thy Lord is Watchful. |
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| 15 | Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honor and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honored me." |
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| 16 | But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!" |
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| 17 | Nay, nay! but ye honor not the orphans! |
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| 18 | Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!- |
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| 19 | And ye devour inheritance - all with greed, |
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| 20 | And ye love wealth with inordinate love! |
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| 21 | Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder, |
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| 22 | And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank, |
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| 23 | And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him? |
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| 24 | He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!" |
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| 25 | For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict, |
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| 26 | And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind. |
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| 27 | (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction! |
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| 28 | "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him! |
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| 29 | "Enter thou, then, among My devotees! |
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| 30 | "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!" |
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