The Arabic Quran and its Authorized English translation by Dr. Rashad Khalifa
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| 1. | ![]() [89:1] By the dawn. |
| 2. | ![]() [89:2] And the ten nights.* *89:2 The last ten nights of Ramadan, wherein many believers retreat to the masjids (2:187). |
| 3. | ![]() [89:3] By the even and the odd.* *89:3 See Appendix 1 for the role of the even numbers and the odd numbers. |
| 4. | ![]() [89:4] By the night as it passes. |
| 5. | ![]() [89:5] A profound oath, for one who possesses intelligence. |
| 6. | ![]() [89:6] Have you noted what your Lord did to `Aad? |
| 7. | ![]() [89:7] Erum; the town with tall buildings. |
| 8. | ![]() [89:8] There was nothing like it anywhere. |
| 9. | ![]() [89:9] Also Thamoud, who carved the rocks in their valley. |
| 10. | ![]() [89:10] And Pharaoh who possessed might. |
| 11. | ![]() [89:11] They all transgressed in the land. |
| 12. | ![]() [89:12] They spread evil throughout. |
| 13. | ![]() [89:13] Consequently, your Lord poured upon them a whipping retribution. |
| 14. | ![]() [89:14] Your Lord is ever watchful. |
| 15. | ![]() [89:15] When the human being is tested by his Lord, through blessings and joy, he says, "My Lord is generous towards me." |
| 16. | ![]() [89:16] But if He tests him through reduction in provisions, he says, "My Lord is humiliating me!" |
| 17. | ![]() [89:17] Wrong! It is you who brought it on yourselves by not regarding the orphan. |
| 18. | ![]() [89:18] And not advocating charity towards the poor. |
| 19. | ![]() [89:19] And consuming the inheritance of helpless orphans. |
| 20. | ![]() [89:20] And loving the money too much. |
| 21. | ![]() [89:21] Indeed, when the earth is crushed, utterly crushed. |
| 22. | ![]() [89:22] And your Lord comes, together with the angels in row after row. |
| 23. | ![]() [89:23] On that day, Gehenna will be brought forth. On that day, the human being will remember - but what a remembrance - it will be too late. |
| 24. | ![]() [89:24] He will say, "Oh, I wish I prepared for my (eternal) life." |
| 25. | ![]() [89:25] On that day, no retribution could be worse than His retribution. |
| 26. | ![]() [89:26] And no confinement is as effective as His confinement. |
| 27. | ![]() [89:27] As for you, O content soul. |
| 28. | ![]() [89:28] Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing. |
| 29. | ![]() [89:29] Welcome into My servants. |
| 30. | ![]() [89:30] Welcome into My Paradise. |
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