The Dawn

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[89:1]

By the Dawn

[89:2]

And ten nights,

[89:3]

And the Even and the Odd,

[89:4]

And the night when it departeth,

[89:5]

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

[89:6]

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A’ad,

[89:7]

With many-columned Iram,

[89:8]

The like of which was not created in the lands;

[89:9]

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

[89:10]

And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

[89:11]

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

[89:12]

And multiplied iniquity therein ?

[89:13]

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

[89:14]

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

[89:15]

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

[89:16]

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

[89:17]

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

[89:18]

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

[89:19]

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

[89:20]

And love wealth with abounding love.

[89:21]

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

[89:22]

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

[89:23]

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?