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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
Shakir
I swear by the daybreak,
Al Fajr
Chapter 89, 30 verses
Pickthall
And ten nights,
Shakir
And the ten nights,
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And the Even and the Odd,
Shakir
And the even and the odd,
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And the night when it departeth,
Shakir
And the night when it departs.
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There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Shakir
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Pickthall
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Shakir
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
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With many - columned Iram,
Shakir
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
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The like of which was not created in the lands;
Shakir
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
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And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
Shakir
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
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And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Shakir
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
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Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Shakir
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Pickthall
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Shakir
So they made great mischief therein?
Pickthall
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Shakir
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
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Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Shakir
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
Shakir
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.
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But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
Shakir
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
Pickthall
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Shakir
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Pickthall
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Shakir
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
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And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Shakir
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Pickthall
And love wealth with abounding love.
Shakir
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
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Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Shakir
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
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And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
Shakir
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
Shakir
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
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He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
Shakir
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
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None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
Shakir
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
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None bindeth as He then will bind.
Shakir
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
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But ah! thou soul at peace!
Shakir
O soul that art at rest!
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Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Shakir
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
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Enter thou among My bondmen!
Shakir
So enter among My servants,
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Enter thou My Garden!
Shakir
And enter into My garden.