Surah “The Dawn, Daybreak”

as rendered by Edward Henry Palmer — 30 verses

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By the dawn
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and ten nights
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And the single and the double
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And the night when it travels on
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Is there in that an oath for a man of sense
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Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad?
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with Iram of the columns
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the like of which has not been created in the land
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And Thamud when they hewed the stones in the valley
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And Pharaoh of the stakes
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Who were outrageous in the land
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and did multiply wickedness therein
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and thy Lord poured out upon them the scourge of torment
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Verily, thy Lord is on a watch tower
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and as for man, whenever his Lord tries him and honours him and grants him favour, then he says, My Lord has honoured me
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but whenever he tries him and doles out to him his subsistence, then he says, My Lord despises me
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Nay, but ye do not honour the orphan
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nor do ye urge each other to feed the poor
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and ye devour the inheritance (of the weak) with a general devouring
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and ye love wealth with a complete love
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Nay, when the earth is crushed to pieces
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and thy Lord comes with the angels, rank on rank
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and hell is brought on that day,- on that day shall man be reminded! but how shall he have a reminder
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He will say, 'Would that I had sent something forward for my life!
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But on that day no one shall be tormented with a torment like his
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and none shall be bound with bonds like his
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O thou comforted soul
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return unto thy Lord, well pleased and well pleased with
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And enter amongst my servants
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and enter my Paradise