Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 375

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 chastis.e.m.e.nt.

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.

Chapter 89:

AL-FAJR (THE DAWN, DAYBREAK) Total Verses: 30 Revealed At: MAKKA

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 pa.s.seth 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?

P: The like of which was not created in the lands;

S: The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

089.009 Y: And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

P: And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

S: And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

089.010 Y: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

P: And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

S: And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,

089.011 Y: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

P: Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

S: Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

089.012 Y: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

P: And multiplied iniquity therein?

S: So they made great mischief therein?