Surat Al-Fajr (The Dawn) - سورة الفجر

: By the dawn;

: By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah).

: And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).

: And by the night when it departs.

: There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)!

: Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)?

: Who were very tall like lofty pillars,

: The like of which were not created in the land?

: And (with) Thamud (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?

: And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)?

: Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).

: And made therein much mischief.

: So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.

: Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).

: As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me."

: But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"

: Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!

: And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskin (the poor)!

: And you devour inheritance all with greed,

: And you love wealth with much love!

: Nay! When the earth is ground to powder,

: And your Lord comes with the angels in rows,

: And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

: He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"

: So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish.

: And none will bind as He will bind.

: (It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

: "Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him!

: "Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves,

: "And enter you My Paradise!"