وَالْفَجْرِ ١
By the break of Day
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
89:2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ٢
By the Nights twice five;
89:3
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ ٣
By the even and odd (contrasted);
89:4
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ٤
And by the Night when it passeth away;-
89:5
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ ٥
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
89:6
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
89:7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ ٧
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
89:8
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ ٨
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
89:9
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ ٩
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
89:10
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ ١٠
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?