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English - Chapter 89 - Al-Fajr

Translation by George Sale — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:1

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:2

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:3

by that which is double, and that which is single

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:4

and by the night when it cometh on

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:5

Is there not in this an oath formed with understanding

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:6

Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with Ad

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:7

the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:8

the like whereof hath not been erected in the land

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:9

and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley into houses

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:10

and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:11

Who had behaved insolently in the earth

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:12

and multiplied corruption therein

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:13

Wherefore thy Lord poured on them various kinds of chastisement

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:14

For thy Lord is surely in a watch-tower, whence He observeth the actions of men

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:15

Moreover man, when his Lord trieth him by prosperity, and honoureth him, and is bounteous unto him, saith, my Lord honoureth me

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:16

But when He proveth him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions from him, he saith, my Lord despiseth me

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:17

By no means: But ye honour not the orphan

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:18

neither do ye excite one another to feed the poor

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:19

and ye devour the inheritance of the weak, with undistinguishing greediness

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:20

and ye love riches, with much affection

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:21

By no means should ye do thus. When the earth shall be minutely ground to dust

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:22

and thy Lord shall come, and the angels rank by rank

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:23

and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: On that day shall man call to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:24

He shall say, would to God that I had heretofore done good works in my life-time

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:25

On that day none shall punish with his punishment

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:26

nor shall any bind with his bonds

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:27

O thou soul which art at rest

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:28

return unto thy Lord, well pleased with thy reward, and well pleasing unto God

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:29

Enter among my servants

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:30

and enter my paradise