# 89. al-Fajr: The Dawn

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> 89. al-Fajr: The Dawn
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> 1 By the Dawn 
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> 2 And ten nights, 
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> 3 And the Even and the Odd, 
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> 4 And the night when it departeth, 
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> 5 There surely is an oath for thinking man. 
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> 6 Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad, 
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> 7 With many-columned Iram, 
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> 8 The like of which was not created in the lands; 
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> 9 And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley; 
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> 10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might, 
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> 11 Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands, 
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> 12 And multiplied iniquity therein ? 
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> 13 Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment. 
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> 14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful. 
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> 15 As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me. 
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> 16 But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me. 
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> 17 Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan 
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> 18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor. 
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> 19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed. 
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> 20 And love wealth with abounding love. 
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> 21 Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding, 
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> 22 And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank, 
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> 23 And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ? 
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> 24 He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life! 
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> 25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day! 
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> 26 None bindeth as He then will bind. 
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> 27 But ah! thou soul at peace! 
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> 28 Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! 
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> 29 Enter thou among My bondmen! 
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> 30 Enter thou My Garden!
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> — *89. al-Fajr: The Dawn*