Surah “The Dawn, Daybreak”

as rendered by Wahiduddin Khan — 30 verses

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By the Dawn
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by the Ten Nights
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by the even and the odd
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and by the passing night
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is there not in this strong evidence for a man of sense
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Have you not heard of how your Lord dealt with the tribe of Ad
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the people of Iram, the city of many pillars
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the like of which has never been created in the land
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and with the Thamud, who cut out [huge] rocks in the valley
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and with Pharaoh of the stakes
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All of them committed excesses in their lands
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and caused much corruption in them
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so your Lord unleashed on them the scourge of punishment
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for, indeed, your Sustainer is ever on the watch
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As for man, when his Lord tests him, through honour and blessings, he says, My Lord has honoured me
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but when He tests him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, My Lord has disgraced me
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No indeed, but you show no kindness to the orphan
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nor do you urge one another to feed the poor
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and you greedily devour the inheritance of the weak
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and you have a love of wealth which can never be satisfied
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No indeed! When the earth is crushed and ground to dust
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when your Lord comes down with the angels, rank upon rank
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and Hell is made to appear on that Day, then man will be mindful, but what will being mindful then avail him
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He will say, Oh, would that I had provided beforehand for my life
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On that Day no one will punish as He punishes
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and none can bind with bonds like His
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[But to the righteous, God will say], O soul at peace
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return to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing
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Join My servants
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Enter My Paradise