89. THE DAWN ( Al – Fajr )
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
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By the dawn
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and the ten nights
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and the even and the odd
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and the night when it travels.
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For one who has sense, these (items) are surely worth being sworn by.
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Did you not see how your Fosterer dealt with Aad,
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people of Iram, possessors of (lofty buildings supported by) pillars,
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the like of which was not created in (other) cities,
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and Samood who cut the rocks in the valley,
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and Firawn, possessor of pegs,
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who rebelled in the cities?
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Thus they increased corruption in them.
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So your Fosterer poured on them a portion of the punishment.
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Your Fosterer is certainly watchfully waiting.
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So as for man, whenever his Fosterer tries him
by honouring him and favouring
him, then he says, “My Fosterer has honoured me.”
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And as for (the situation) when He tries him by straitening on him his
provision, he says, “My Fosterer has disgraced me.”
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No, but the orphan is not honoured by you,
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and you do not urge one another on the feeding of the poor,
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and you eat off the inheritance, eating it greedily,
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and you love wealth with intense love.
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No, when the earth is crushed to level it in a level,
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and your Fosterer comes with the angels in rank after rank,
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so on that day, hell will be brought near, (and) on that day man will
be mindful. But his being mindful (on that day) will be of no use to
him.
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He will say, "I wish I had sent (good deeds) before, for my life
(after death).
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So on that day, no one’s punishment will be like His punishment,
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and no one's binding will be like His binding.
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you peaceful soul!
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Return to your Fosterer pleased and pleasing (Him),
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so enter among My servants,
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and enter My garden. ( R I )
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