089 : The Dawn

89:1

 

By the break of Day

 

89:2

 

By the Nights twice five;

 

89:3

 

By the even and odd (contrasted);

 

89:4

 

And by the Night when it passeth away;−

 

89:5

 

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

 

89:6

 

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),−

 

89:7

 

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

 

89:8

 

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

 

89:9

 

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?− And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

 

89:11

 

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

 

89:12

 

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

 

89:13

 

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

 

89:14

 

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch−tower.

 

89:15

 

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

 

89:16

 

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

 

89:17

 

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

 

89:18

 

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!−

 

89:19

 

And ye devour inheritance − all with greed,

 

89:20

 

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

 

89:21

 

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

 

89:22

 

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

 

89:23

 

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),− on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

 

89:24

 

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

 

89:25

 

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

 

89:26

 

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

 

89:27

 

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

 

89:28

 

"Come back thou to thy Lord,− well pleased (thyself), and well−pleasing unto Him! "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

 

89:30

 

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven! −− 089 : The Dawn −−