Dawn (Al-Fajr)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the dawn, 1 and the ten nights! 2 And the even and the odd, 3 and by the passing night, 4 There surely is an oath for thinking man. 5 Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad, 6 [the people of] Iram the many-pillared, 7 The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? 8 And with Thamud who carved rocks in the valley; 9 and with Pharaoh of the stakes? 10 who transgressed in the countries of the world 11 spreading in them much corruption? 12 So your Lord poured a scourge of punishment over them. 13 Most surely your Lord is watching. 14 As for man - when his Lord proveth him and so honoureth him and is bounteous unto him, then he saith: 'my Lord hath honoured me, 15 But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!" 16 No! But you do not honor the orphan 17 Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor, 18 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed. 19 and why do you have an excessive love of riches? 20 But no; when the earth is ground to powder, 21 and when your Lord appears with rows upon rows of angels, 22 And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance? 23 He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!" 24 So on that day, no one punishes like He does! 25 And none will bind as He will bind. 26 But ah! thou soul at peace! 27 return to your Lord wellpleased, wellpleasing. 28 And enter among My [righteous] servants 29 And enter into My garden. 30