Surah 89
Surah Al-Fajr: The Dawn
Revealed at Makkah
With the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Rewarding
89:1
CONSIDER the Dawn,
89:2
and the ten nights,
89:3
and the Even, and the Odd,
89:4
and the night when it passes away.
89:5
Is there not in these things an oath for one possessed of understanding?
89:6
Have you not seen how your Rabb dealt with ‘Ad,
89:7
Iram, possessors of lofty structures,
89:8
these— the like of which have not been erected in cities;
89:9
and Thamud who hewed out rocks in the valley;
89:10
and Fir‘awn the lord of hosts,—
89:11
who had rebelled in the cities,
89:12
so they increasingly did mischief-making therein?
89:13
Therefore Your Rabb let fall upon them diverse punishment.
89:14
Verily your Rabb is indeed on a watch-tower.
89:15
Moreover as for man, when his Rabb disciplines him thus honors him and favors him, then he says: “My Rabb has honored me.”
89:16
But when He disciplines him and measures out to him his provision, then he says: “My Rabb has disgraced me.”
89:17
No, but you do not honor the orphan,
89:18
nor do you urge on feeding the poor;
89:19
and you devour the heritage an entire devouring;
89:20
and you love wealth with exceeding love.
