Sura 89: Dawn (Al-Fajr)
Number of verses: 30
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. By the dawn.
2. And the ten nights.*
3. By the even and the
odd.*
4. By the night as it
passes.
5. A profound oath, for
one who possesses intelligence.
6. Have you noted what
your Lord did to `Aad?
7. Erum; the town with
tall buildings.
8. There was nothing like
it anywhere.
9. Also Thamoud, who
carved the rocks in their valley.
10. And Pharaoh who
possessed might.
11. They all transgressed
in the land.
12. They spread evil
throughout.
13. Consequently, your
Lord poured upon them a whipping retribution.
14. Your Lord is ever
watchful.
15. When the human being is tested by his Lord, through blessings and joy, he says, "My Lord is generous towards me."
16. But if He tests
him through reduction in provisions, he says, "My Lord is
humiliating me!"
17. Wrong! It is you who
brought it on yourselves by not regarding the orphan.
18. And not advocating
charity towards the poor.
19. And consuming the
inheritance of helpless orphans.
20. And loving the money
too much.
21. Indeed, when the
earth is crushed, utterly crushed.
22. And your Lord comes,
together with the angels in row after row.
23. On that Day, Gehenna
will be brought forth. On that Day, the human being will remember
- but what a remembrance - it will be too late.
24. He will say,
"Oh, I wish I prepared for my (eternal) life."
25. On that day, no
retribution could be worse than His retribution.
26. And no confinement is
as effective as His confinement.
27. As
for you, O content soul.
28. Return to your Lord,
pleased and pleasing.
29. Welcome among My
servants.
30. Welcome into My
Paradise.
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*89:2 The last ten nights of
Ramadan, wherein many believers retreat to the masjids (2:187).
*89:3 See Appendix 1 for
the role of the even numbers and the odd numbers.
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