The Koran
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; REVEALED AT MECCA.
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD
By the daybreak, and ten nights; by that which is doubled, and that which
is single; and by the night when it cometh on: is there not in this an
oath formed with understanding? Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt
with Ad, the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings, the like whereof
hath not been erected in the land; and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks
in the valley into houses; and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes:
who had behaved insolently in the earth, and multiplied corruption therein?
Wherefore thy Lord poured on them various kinds of chastisement: for thy
Lord is surely in a watch-tower, whence he observeth the actions of men.
Moreover man, when his Lord trieth him by prosperity, and honoreth him,
and is bounteous unto him, saith, My Lord honoreth me: but when he proveth
him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions from him, he saith,
My Lord despiseth me. By no means: but ye honor not the orphan; neither
do ye excite one another to feed the poor; and ye devour the inheritance
of the weak, with undistinguishing greediness; and ye love riches, with
much affection. By no means should ye do thus. When the earth shall be
minutely ground to dust; and thy Lord shall come, and the angels rank by
rank: and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: on that day shall man
call to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him?
He shall say, Would to God that I had heretofore done good works in my
lifetime! On that day none shall punish with his punishment; nor shall
any bind with his bonds. O thou soul which art at rest, return unto thy
Lord, well pleased with thy reward, and well pleasing unto God: enter among
my servants; and enter my paradise.
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