"The Daybreak" - Mhsakir - Sure 089

   In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

"89.1":    I swear by the daybreak,

"89.2":    And the ten nights,

"89.3":    And the even and the odd,

"89.4":    And the night when it departs.

"89.5":     Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.

"89.6":    Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,

"89.7":    (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,

"89.8":    The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

"89.9":    And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

"89.10":    And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,

"89.11":    Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

"89.12":    So they made great mischief therein?

"89.13":    Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.

"89.14":    Most sure!y your Lord is watching.

"89.15":    And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.

"89.16":    But when He tries him (differently), then straightens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

"89.17":    Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

"89.18":    Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

"89.19":    And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,

"89.20":    And you love wealth with exceeding love.

"89.21":    Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

"89.22":    And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,

"89.23":    And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?

"89.24":    He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!

"89.25":    But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,

"89.26":    And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.

"89.27":    O soul that art at rest!

"89.28":    Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),

"89.29":    So enter among My servants,

"89.30":    And enter into My garden.