Dawn (Al-Fajr)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the dawn, 1 And the Ten Nights, 2 The multiple and the one, 3 and by the passing night, 4 Is there in that an oath for the mindful? 5 Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad, 6 (And) the tall giants of Iram? 7 whose like has never been created in any other land. 8 And with Thamud who hewed out rocks in the vale, 9 And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts, 10 All of them committed excesses in their lands, 11 and spread much corruption in the land. 12 so your Lord unleashed on them the scourge of punishment: 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 tests him by restricting his provision, he says: 'My Lord has humiliated me' 16 No indeed, but you show no kindness to the orphan, 17 And do not urge one another to feed the needy. 18 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed, 19 and you have a love of wealth which can never be satisfied. 20 Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding, 21 And comes your Lord, and angels row on row, 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, "Oh, would that I had provided beforehand for my life!" 24 So on that day, no one punishes like He does! 25 And none will bind as He will bind. 26 O you tranquil soul, 27 Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! 28 Enter thou among My righteous bondmen! 29 And enter into My garden. 30