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Surah 89
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Thirty verses sworn by dawn, ten nights, the even and the odd — and then three peoples: Iram of the pillars, Thamud who carved the rocks in the valley, and Pharaoh of the stakes. It turns from them to the ordinary test of wealth taken away, and closes by addressing the soul at rest and bidding it enter.
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-fajr
DIN 31635wal-faǧri
By the daybreak.
By the Dawn
By the dawn
By the DAYBREAK
By the day-break
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
Easy-read (simplified)walayaalin 'ashr
DIN 31635walayālin ʿašrin
And ten nights.
And ten nights
and ten nights
and ten nights
and then nights
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
Easy-read (simplified)wash-shaf'i wal-watr
DIN 31635waš-šafʿi wal-watri
And the even and the odd.
And the Even and the Odd
And the single and the double
By that which is double and that which is single
by that which is double, and that which is single
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Easy-read (simplified)wallayli idhaa yasr
DIN 31635wallayli ʾiḏā yasri
And the night as it recedes.
And the night when it departeth
And the night when it travels on
By the night when it pursues its course
and by the night when it cometh on
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Easy-read (simplified)hal fee dhaalika qasamun lidhee hijr
DIN 31635hal fī ḏālika qasamun liḏī ḥiǧrin
Is there in this an oath for a rational person?
There surely is an oath for thinking man
Is there in that an oath for a man of sense
Is there not in this an oath becoming a man of sense
Is there not in this an oath formed with understanding
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Easy-read (simplified)alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad
DIN 31635ʾalam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿādin
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with Aad?
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with Ad
Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with Ad
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Easy-read (simplified)irama dhaati l-'imaad
DIN 31635ʾirama ḏāti l-ʿimādi
The translators word this verse differently
Erum of the pillars.
With many-columned Iram
with Iram of the columns
At Irem adorned with pillars
the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Easy-read (simplified)allatee lam yukhlaq mithluhaa fee l-bilaad
DIN 31635allatī lam yuḫlaq miṯluhā fī l-bilādi
The like of which was never created in the land.
The like of which was not created in the lands
the like of which has not been created in the land
Whose like have not been reared in these lands
the like whereof hath not been erected in the land
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
Easy-read (simplified)wathamooda lladheena jaaboo s-sakhra bil-waad
DIN 31635waṯamūda llaḏīna ǧābū ṣ-ṣaḫra bil-wādi
And Thamood-those who carved the rocks in the valley.
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley
And Thamud when they hewed the stones in the valley
And with Themoud who hewed out the rocks in the valley
and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley into houses
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Easy-read (simplified)wafir'awna dhee l-'awtaad
DIN 31635wafirʿawna ḏī l-ʾawtādi
And Pharaoh of the Stakes.
And with Pharaoh, firm of might
And Pharaoh of the stakes
And with Pharaoh the impaler
and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Easy-read (simplified)alladheena taghaw fee l-bilaad
DIN 31635allaḏīna ṭaġaw fī l-bilādi
The translators word this verse differently
Those who committed excesses in the lands.
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands
Who were outrageous in the land
Who all committed excesses in the lands
Who had behaved insolently in the earth
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'aktharoo feehaa l-fasaad
DIN 31635faʾakṯarū fīhā l-fasāda
And spread much corruption therein.
And multiplied iniquity therein
and did multiply wickedness therein
And multiplied wickedness therein
and multiplied corruption therein
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fasabba 'alayhim rabbuka sawta 'adhaab
DIN 31635faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿaḏābin
The translators word this verse differently
So your Lord poured down upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment
and thy Lord poured out upon them the scourge of torment
Wherefore thy Lord let loose on them the scourge of chastisement
Wherefore thy Lord poured on them various kinds of chastisement
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Easy-read (simplified)inna rabbaka labil-mirsaad
DIN 31635ʾinna rabbaka labil-mirṣādi
The translators word this verse differently
Your Lord is on the lookout.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful
Verily, thy Lord is on a watch tower
For thy Lord standeth on a watch tower
For thy Lord is surely in a watch-tower, whence He observeth the actions of men
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa l-'insaanu idhaa maa btalaahu rabbuhu fa'akramahu wana''amahu fayaqoolu rabbee akraman
DIN 31635faʾammā l-ʾinsānu ʾiḏā mā btalāhu rabbuhu faʾakramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī ʾakramani
As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, and honors him, and prospers him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me
and as for man, whenever his Lord tries him and honours him and grants him favour, then he says, My Lord has honoured me
As to man, when his Lord trieth him and honoureth him and is bounteous to him, Then saith he, "My Lord honoureth me
Moreover man, when his Lord trieth him by prosperity, and honoureth him, and is bounteous unto him, saith, my Lord honoureth me
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa idhaa maa btalaahu faqadara 'alayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahaanan
DIN 31635waʾammā ʾiḏā mā btalāhu faqadara ʿalayhi rizqahu fayaqūlu rabbī ʾahānani
But whenever He tests him, and restricts his livelihood for him, he says, "My Lord has insulted me."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me
but whenever he tries him and doles out to him his subsistence, then he says, My Lord despises me
But when he proveth him and limiteth his gifts to him, He saith, "My Lord despiseth me
But when He proveth him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions from him, he saith, my Lord despiseth me
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