P:  And the hills, how they are set up?

S:  And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

088.020 Y:  And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

P:  And the earth, how it is spread?

S:  And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

088.021 Y:  Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

P:  Remind them, for thou art but an admonisher,

S:  Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

088.022 Y:  Thou art not one to manage (men’s) affairs.

P:  Thou art not at all a warder over them.

S:  You are not a watcher over them;

088.023 Y:  But if any turn away and reject Allah,-

P:  But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

S:  But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

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 chastisement.

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.

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Chapter 89: 

Al-FAJR (the dawn, daybreak)
Total Verses:  30 Revealed At:  Makka

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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 passeth 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?