088.024 Y: Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
P: Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
S: Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastis.e.m.e.nt.
088.025 Y: For to Us will be their return;
P: Lo! unto Us is their return
S: Surely to Us is their turning back,
088.026 Y: Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
P: And Ours their reckoning.
S: Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Chapter 89:
AL-FAJR (THE DAWN, DAYBREAK) Total Verses: 30 Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
089.001 Y: By the break of Day
P: By the Dawn
S: I swear by the daybreak,
089.002 Y: By the Nights twice five;
P: And ten nights,
S: And the ten nights,
089.003 Y: By the even and odd (contrasted);
P: And the Even and the Odd,
S: And the even and the odd,
089.004 Y: And by the Night when it pa.s.seth away;-
P: And the night when it departeth,
S: And the night when it departs.
089.005 Y: Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
P: There surely is an oath for thinking man.
S: Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
089.006 Y: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the "Ad (people),-
P: Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A"ad,
S: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
089.007 Y: Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
P: With many-columned Iram,
S: (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
089.008 Y: The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
P: The like of which was not created in the lands;
S: The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
089.009 Y: And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
P: And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
S: And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
089.010 Y: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
P: And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
S: And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
089.011 Y: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
P: Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
S: Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
089.012 Y: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
P: And multiplied iniquity therein?
S: So they made great mischief therein?